Ehud Olmert Quotes
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.
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If you like a man and he likes you, you should get married as fast as you can. Otherwise, you both are going to change your minds. There's plenty of time for that after marriage.
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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I still wear my trousers baggy as I did in my teens. But in a different way. I've loved trainers since my youth - limited edition, vintage, whatever. You could recognise people and judge their character through their trainers. I'm a Nike man.
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Women continue receiving less salary for the same kind of job. Women have a higher unemployment rate in our country. When you analyze the composition of poverty, you will find that most of the families in poverty are being run by a woman.
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I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
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It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
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I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working. The vibe when that's happening gets even better if the audience is involved and you can feel that interaction. That's something you don't get with your headphones on in a studio; it's much different.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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Was in our ear a lot more this week than he's ever been since I've been here.
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Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.
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...a woman without love for her origins is lost.
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When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything.
