Ehud Olmert Quotes
I had the feeling that as a soldier I didn't do what I thought I had it in me to do, and wanted to do.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital of the entire civilized world.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
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I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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THE ONLY STABLE THING IS MOVEMENT
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For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men. This I have known ever since I stretched out my fingers to the abomination within that great gilded frame; stretched out my fingers and touched a cold and unyielding surface of polished glass.
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Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.
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Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering.
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One of the things that I miss the most about cricket and batting in particular is that meditation of cricket, that involvement of myself - mind, body and spirit - to delivering that one specific process, which is to execute a cricket shot. It is a beautiful feeling; it is very hard to replicate.
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I had the feeling that as a soldier I didn't do what I thought I had it in me to do, and wanted to do.
