A. B. Yehoshua Quotes
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.A. B. Yehoshua
Quotes to Explore
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
Zola Jesus -
I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
J. Cole -
A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang-on - it distracts you from getting into the story because you're thinking: 'Where are they from?'
Rachel Hurd-Wood -
Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
Oscar Niemeyer -
When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
Gary Shteyngart
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
Taron Egerton -
God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
Ziggy Marley -
I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
Jacki Weaver -
Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.
Gabourey Sidibe -
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
Kate DiCamillo -
While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.
Ed Miliband
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I went around Coimbatore quite often while I was shooting for Velayudham. It's a fascinating place with a lot of energy.
Hansika Motwani -
Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.
Nate Diaz -
It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.
Verne Troyer -
If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
Fat Joe -
I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
Rachel Kushner
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I've been embracing gray hair since... high school, and I don't think that anything's changed since then.
Taylor Hicks -
Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet.
Sue Kelly -
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
A. B. Yehoshua