Elie Wiesel Quotes
The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our illusions.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town.
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If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.
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I never really mind what people say about me - I am far too unconventional and far too dedicated to being true to myself to let other people's disdain or nastiness upset me for long.
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It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.
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People always want to be on the right side of history; it is a lot easier to say, 'What an atrocity that was' then it is to say, 'What an atrocity this is.'
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.
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For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary.
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I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.
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I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.
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Street performing can be a great teaching ground and a barometer for what you're doing. It's rough and unforgiving at times, but it can be wild and fun and a real open canvas for your creativity.
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It's so much nicer to be able to do your job with someone who's helping you, and you're helping them. Then, it becomes a tennis match where you're hitting the ball back and forth, and you're a team.
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Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.
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I like having a battleground district because I think that's real-life America.
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You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
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Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in 'True Blood' is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen.
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I think the only real knowledge I had before I went to Iowa was what I learned from 'Food Inc'. But once I got there and developed these extensive relationships with the farmers, I realized that we're basically made of corn.
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… that modern sect of Flagellants who make a ritual of lashing - not themselves but - all their neighbours.
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The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our illusions.
