Elie Wiesel Quotes
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.
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Open-source encyclopedias such as Wikipedia and search engines such as Google and Bing, which people can tap into anytime and anywhere via computers and smart phones, put a world of knowledge at our fingertips at a lower cost than ever before.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
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Kudos to you for generating enough sweat that it actually drips off of your body - and all over the machine you are using at the time. If you sweat a lot, that's fine, but wipe down the damn machine when you're done... or I will confront you, and it will not be pretty.
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I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
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Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
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Sydney's a beautiful city. It was a great experience.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this.
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After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.
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Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.
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I think it's so hypocritical to be so anti-nudity in films, and be so pro-violence. I'd rather see two people making love, than somebody being done in. Or being shot and getting their head blown off.
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I don't live for my work. My life is my life. That's more important, and I think that helps my work.
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People respond faster to you on a text than an e-mail. Why is that? Why will they ignore an e-mail, but get back to a text?
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I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and do it anyway." You wonder what the driving force is that makes you want to do that and not just stay in a safer place.
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I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.
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No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.
