Elfriede Jelinek Quotes

My writings are limited to depicting analytically, but also polemically, the horrors of reality. Redemption is the speciality of other authors, male and female.

Elfriede Jelinek

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RealityRedemptionFemaleAuthors

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

John Marshall

CommunicationInfluencePowerfulTalk

If you really accept that global warming puts the world at risk, then you think you would be open to any solution that could undo it.

Steven Levitt

WorldThinkSolutionYouAccept

I'm not too unintelligent.

Tom Felton

TooUnintelligent

I actually like seeing how the world - trying to figure out how the world works, how it all fits together. Also, it makes me happy when I feel like things are consistent, when there's some sort of order to the universe.

Lisa Randall

TogetherHappyMeWorldUniverse

We were Orthodox Jews, but we really didn't deserve it. I mean, bacon - my father said, 'Don't put bacon in the house,' but we had bacon. We didn't keep kosher. And we observed which today would be Conservative Jews. But in those days, we belonged to an Orthodox temple. So we made out we were Orthodox Jews, but we really weren't.

Don Rickles

FatherTodayHouseSaidConservative

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

Donald Knuth

YourselfDoingLookThingsHowWays

I think Aaron Sorkin is like Shakespeare. When you go through it, there is a rhythm and clues all over the place of how it should be played.

Chris Messina

ThinkYouPlaceGoRhythmOver

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

Ariel Sharon

FearBestFriendsSeriouslyHorror

I've seen a lot of people - for example, Lindsay Lohan - who got into the wrong crowd. I always have my eye on what I want. And I don't want anything to distract me from that.

Ashley Benson

PeopleMeEyeWrongWantAnything

The things I could have done had Hollywood been more open? I don't dwell on coulda-woulda-shoulda. Because, hey, I've had a great career.

Pepe Serna

GreatCareerDoneHollywoodDwell

I think, in general, more women need to be involved in music and in the industry - that's been an issue.

Tinashe

WomenMusicThinkMoreNeedBeen

Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds.

Rick Wakeman

HeartRockHeSoundsHisPuritan

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