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Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: swiss
Birth: January 5, 1921 - December 14, 1990

Topics

Death Easy You Accept Matter Planet

Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Acceptance Understanding Way Mean

Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.

Commitment Security Party Dignity

When I was 16, I had a job on the cleaning crew at a local hospital. I wore a pink uniform and cleaned bathrooms and buffed the hallway linoleum. Oddly, I don't recall hating the job. I recall getting choked up at the end of the summer when I went to turn in my uniform and say goodbye to the ladies.

Job Goodbye Pink End Uniform Summer

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

Time American Political Country

Any time I claimed to be white, that would be unacceptable. It just doesn't make sense in people's minds. If I'm white, how can I walk through a department store and still have people scared that I'm going to rob them? Which, that can still happen.

Time Walk People White Minds Scared

There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful.

Man Growing Up Society Growing Young

I'm more cerebral than I want to be.

Want More Than Cerebral

I love being a freak. It's great!

Love Great Freak Being I Love

Saying I took my clean water for granted is an overstatement. To tell you the truth, I didn't even think about it.

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

Truth Water Saying Think You Clean

Worst advice? I either don't remember it or I've been very lucky in terms of getting good advice.

Allison Williams

Good Advice Remember Good Advice

I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician.

People Doctor Voice Know Write

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