Etty Hillesum Quotes

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

Etty Hillesum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: January 15, 1914 - November 30, 1943

Topics

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I'm trying to set a good example. I don't need to take a high salary, which would impede the success of Morningstar.

Joe Mansueto

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Once I found professional happiness, it gave me time to think about other areas in my life in which I wasn't happy. The next obvious candidate for introspection was my marriage.

Megyn Kelly

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Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right.

John Hickenlooper

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Every time I have a hit, I buy a Rolls.

John Tavener

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Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department.

Toni Collette

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We worry a lot about ISIS traveling overseas from Syria to the United States, but I think one of the greatest fears are those already within the U.S. who are being radicalized and inspired by the ISIS propaganda that's out there on the Internet.

Michael McCaul

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I'm too old to do things by half.

Lou Reed

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New York is essentially a bazaar, not a Presbyterian church.

Pete Hamill

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What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

Sergei Bubka

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The dilemma for society is how to preserve personal and family values in a nation of diverse tastes.

Tipper Gore

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For me, I go in and play a few Christian songs for an audience, and now I have people come up and not tell me I'm great, but tell me that my music is helping save their lives, helping them in the Lord, and helping them end their vices.

Rick Derringer

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It was really intense for me to start having conversations with God, when according to the man-made laws in my religion - to be homosexual is evil.

Ricky Martin

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