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Peter Abrahams Quotes

To have the ability to destroy all and not to do it was one of the hard tests humanity passed - but only just - in the middle of the twentieth century.

Peter Abrahams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: south african
Birth: March 3, 1919 - January 18, 2017

Topics

Humanity Hard Ability Destroy Middle

In antihistory, time is an illusion.

Jill Lepore

Time Illusion

I have won Russia at least 16 world championships. I have fought for my country.

Anatoly Karpov

World Country Russia Championships

A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses.

Robert Musil

Man Stupid Deep Literature Head

I support American energy production, and it will be produced by companies - Exxon, BP, Shell - and continue to support American energy.

Jeff Duncan

Support Energy American Will Shell

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

Louis Armstrong

I Am Want More Never Need Anything

I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.

Janice Dickinson

Mistakes Been Just Disappointments

I'm obsessed with giving the audience something they don't see coming.

Jordan Peele

Giving Audience See Coming Something

I like sparseness. There's something about that minimalist feel that can make something have an immediate impact and make it unique. I'll probably always work with that formula; I just don't know how.

Britt Daniel

Work Impact Feel Unique Know Always

The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance, get up, go to class - that's your life, and it's like that for a finite time, usually.

Anne-Marie Duff

Life Work Time Sacrifice World Go

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

Anthony Edwards

Money Perspective Think Career Film

What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my 'experience,' and my urge to explore.

Sushant Singh Rajput

Experience Me Explore Call Going

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

Best People Free Security Mean Who