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.
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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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What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.
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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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San Francisco fucking rules. I am so proud of my home town for legalizing gay marriage, sending gays and lesbians down to the city by the Bay that was built on rock and roll to tie the knot.
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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 painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody else. And that's what I love about random words and phrases taken out of context: everyone applies their own context. If you want to apply something political or meaningful to a word I wrote on the side of the wall, then it's up to you.
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Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look ahead.
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I think you need to understand games to write them. There's a learning curve, just like there's a learning curve in anything. It's not precisely the same as film or television, but you're using the same muscles.
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[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people.
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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.
