Elie Wiesel Quotes
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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I've directed independent film.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.
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A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.
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It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
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I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.
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I kind of do think of myself as a superhero and just flying high, and doing these crazy flips.
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I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.
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When you do have songs where you're going to say something, some kind of statement about cultural or social stuff, that in general people love it. People love to be challenged in that way.
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I fight for the right to be an individual. I have to be meself.
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God makes sech nights, all white an' still,Fur'z you can look or listen,Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill,All silence an' all glisten.
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I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
