"The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself."

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Etgar Keret

#Writing Quotes #Emotion Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Teaching is what is technically known as a polymorphous activity; it quite literally takes many different forms.”
“And you've got a boy right there who looks at you like he would drink your bathwater if you'd ask him!”
“We are a people that let the small things just go by because it's a little uncomfortable and nobody wants to ruffle a feather. If you're quiet and you're watching it, you're just as much at fault as the person there. You're watching a victim be berated and you're standing by, knowing that feeling in your gut that it's wrong. Now you have a tool in order to change that.”

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“It is a tremendous responsibility for us to have all the eyes focused on what we do and give people exactly what they need when they ask for it.”
“My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.”
“I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.”

Source : "Ed Ruscha's best shot" by Leo Benedictus, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2008.
“What do you suppose makes all men look back to the time of childhood with so much regret (if their childhood has been, in any moderate degree, healthy or peaceful)? That rich charm, which the least possession had for us, was in consequence of the poorness of our treasures.”
“You may never see a Rembrandt or the Sistine Chapel, but aren't you glad as a human being they are still there? Probably the only thing that separates us from other creatures is that we aren't limited by our basic needs, like food and water; we have this sense of the whole.”

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