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“There needs to be passion behind what you're doing or it's not worth it,”
“I know ladies donâ€™t sweat, but something was running down my face in great rivulets.”
“It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think â€“ the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late.”
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when youâ€™re in the dark. Even when youâ€™re falling.”

Source : "Fictional character: Morrie Schwartz". "Tuesdays with Morrie", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.”
“When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.”
“In terms of what is expressed, antinatalism is a strong presence, not always explicit, in what I write.”
“I don't remember much about my bar mitzvah. The only thing I remember - I killed! That's what I remembered. Nobody could follow me at my bar-mitzvah. It was over when I was done.”

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