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Ilya Ehrenburg Quotes: You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
         

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.


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We shall kill. If you have not killed at least one German a day, you have wasted that day... Do not count days; do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed.

We shall kill. If you have not killed at least one German a day, you have wasted that day... Do not count days; do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed.



Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.



Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.

Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.



Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German - wipe them out!

Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German - wipe them out!



Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.



There is no progress in art.

There is no progress in art.



There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.



People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.



Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.

Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.



Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.

Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.





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I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)



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You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.



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When the clock strikes 2, 3, and 4, if the band slows down we'll yell for more.



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'I want to touch people but if I touch them in real life they'll slap me.' That's what writing isit's a gross person getting a hug.



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But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.



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Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.



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Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.



It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects of women's health as a tool of cultural, moral, and political control.

It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects of women's health as a tool of cultural, moral, and political control.



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THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HELP BECOME SUCCESSFUL, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL YOU BECOME.




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