Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quotes

At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: ukrainian
  • Birth: July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970

Topics

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A shot is a lever; it's all it is. You don't open a car door differently each time. A car door is efficient - it opens and closes. So is a shot.

Jerry West

CarTimeDoorYouOpenDifferently

I never shot on sets, but if I was traveling somewhere or on location, I would always have my camera, and I'd always be - it's that kind of fly on the wall approach to photography, though. I don't engage the subject. I like to sneak around, skulk about in the dark.

Jessica Lange

FlyCameraPhotographyDarkWall

I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing.

Maya Hawke

ParentsEyeProudCareerComplicated

Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.

Mel Tillis

YouBackKnowWellManyThen

For me, I'm still always that kid from Bolton.

Maxine Peake

MeKidAlwaysStill

As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.

Stanley Schmidt

AloneScienceWillTwoOutPoint

If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.

Robert Torricelli

LiveExperienceEnoughLongYou

The days of print media are numbered. Some papers will be around for a few years, but everyone knows news is going online. Then you have to ask, who pays for it? How do you deliver it? Is there any money for proper investigative reporting?

Mike Bartlett

MoneyMediaYouNewsWillAsk

Whoever is in the spotlight, people are really quick to judge. I mean, there are a lot of kids coming up who've experienced that. You know, Justin Bieber, he's huge, and he experiences that. It's just the way the world works, unfortunately.

Britney Spears

PeopleWorldJudgeYouKnowWay

There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.

Annie Besant

ChristianityExclusiveCourseMuch

The cast clubs were a big part of it, too. I found I wasn't getting that instant feedback I was used to with a forged blade. The sweet spot is a shade bigger, and when I didn't hit the ball dead center, I didn't know it, because it still felt great.

Payne Stewart

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I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?'

Rick Baker

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