Els Borst Quotes

I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many Jews lived at the time. Our downstairs neighbors were Jews, and there were also Jews a few houses from us. We saw how they were rounded up and taken away. That made a very great impression on me.

Els Borst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: March 22, 1932 - February 8, 2014

Topics

GreatTimeWarMeNeighborsAlways

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

Jim Lehrer

BusinessPowerThinkMoreDiscourse

We take for granted how our mind puts everything together.

Robert Lanza

TogetherMindTake For GrantedTake

There's a lot of ways that white women undermine women of color, and black women in particular.

Robin DiAngelo

WomenColorBlackWhiteUndermine

You can type things on the Internet. You can have no credentials in any area and just get on your smart phone and write whatever you want.

Roman Reigns

SmartInternetYouPhoneWantWrite

Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin

PeopleRacingSeeJustMostSki

The only thing I can expect from myself is to learn from each competition and improve.

Mirai Nagasu

MyselfCompetitionLearnI CanOnly

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Josh Billings

ForgivenessRevengeComplete

The Gospels record that nearly everywhere the Savior went, He was surrounded by multitudes of people. Some hoped that He would heal them; others came to hear Him speak. Others came for practical advice. Toward the end of His mortal ministry, some came to mock and ridicule Him and to clamor for His crucifixion.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

PeopleSpeakEndAdviceOthersHim

The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks.

Dennis Prager

PeopleWorldHumanityBadPlace

I'm not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies.

Diablo Cody

SmallLovedPersonMoviesEdgy

I dressed as the Riddler once, when I was little too heavy to do. I would wear tights. My brother was in a hair metal band, and he had Riddler tights made. My brother's a geek, but he was in a heavy metal band, so I'm a chubby fifteen-year-old, and I borrow his Riddler tights and wear them to school with the package. That wasn't a good idea.

Christopher McCulloch

GoodSchoolBrotherHairDressed

There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.

William Glasser

QualitySchoolCompetitionLosing

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