"In the past the French came to Germany less with the desire to understand it than with a zealous desire to interpret, to analyze it dispassionately something for which their training at the Ecole Normale Superieure or the Ecole des Hautes Etudes and the French language superbly equipped them to do."

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Source : Walter Abish (1980). “How German Is It”, p.7, New Directions Publishing

Walter Abish

#Past Quotes #Training Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Some people want to feel comfortable when they're performing; I'm kind of the opposite.”

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“I'm losing control."-Brittany Mamacita, I've already lost it."-Alex”
“When I retire I'm gonna bet on Wolves drawing every game. I'll be a multi-millionaire!”
“Forgive me-he mumbled against her lips. Please. Forgive me for what I'm going to do to you. ~Shade”
“If you don’t have faith in yourself, then nobody else will have faith in you.”
“Writers, actors, anybody working on an ensemble-type thing, there are going to be some creaks in the beginning. It seems like there's tremendous potential in just letting things sort of breathe a little bit. It's tremendously important.”
“From every conceivable angle-economic social, cultural, public health, national defense-conservation of natural resources is an objective on which all should agree.”
“I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie. That's actually how I get work: I enroll. That's like my good luck charm.”

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