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David Ben-Gurion Quotes

Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.

David Ben-Gurion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: israeli
Birth: October 16, 1886 - December 1, 1973

Topics

Fight People World New Intellectual

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.

Life Truth Sweet Truth Is Everything

It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern.

Time People Me See I See Historical

I see certain girls get the roles that I auditioned for, and I think, 'Oh, that's so annoying. I should have gotten that role!' But then I have to stop myself and actually think, 'No, she got it for a reason. She worked hard for it, and she was right for the role.'

Myself Think Stop She Right See

I'm lucky enough to be able to make films and so I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears and all those things with my work. That's an enormous privilege. That's the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something.

Work Enough I Can Create Lucky Need

Prior to Elephant I'd taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there's not a huge market there. The only thing we have is commercial stuff, and that didn't really appeal to me. So this is really a dream come true.

Me Elephant Dream Acting True Years

I've always taken care of myself, and I'm a non-conformist, so I don't accept the negativity that comes with birthdays.

Myself Care Negativity Accept Always

'BloodRayne' was an abomination... It's a horrifying and preposterous movie.

Movie Horrifying

Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action.

Action Doing You Acting Person Kind

Well, isn't every successful person in every family the bankbook?

Family Person Successful Well Every

I used to watch those rock videos where they would chainsaw the piano. And I thought, 'That's what I want to do.' I thought classical music was corny.

Music Thought Want Rock Piano Watch

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

Work Home Truth Choices Say Outside

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Simplicity Language You Kind Run Up

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