Gerda Weissmann Klein Quotes
My experience has taught me that all of us have a reservoir of untapped strength that comes to the fore at moments of crisis.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
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The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.
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I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun.
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The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent journalism. Far from corrupting the craft, profits enhance it. Expansion drives diversity and diversity protects and strengthens our craft.
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When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death.
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You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.
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Violence can always destroy power; out of the barrel of a gun grows the most effective command, resulting in the most instant and perfect obedience. What never can grow out of it is power.
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Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.
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My experience has taught me that all of us have a reservoir of untapped strength that comes to the fore at moments of crisis.
