"I don’t want to be anything special. I……" — Etty Hillesum
"I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise."
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41 Quotes by Etty Hillesum
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There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my…
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good…
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I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some of the problems, of our time are being…
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It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that…
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To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or…
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Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with…
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Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.
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Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give…
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Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your…
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We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.
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That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study…
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Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel as though I am on a desert island.
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It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the…
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No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.
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I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your…
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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I like the world we've got. If there is anything special and magical, I have to find it in the…
— Graham Swift
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The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They…
— Caroline Kennedy
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I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often.
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I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and…
— David Beckham
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Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.
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I think it's my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I've learned from the actors I've worked…
— Ethan Hawke
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I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me,…
— Audrey Hepburn
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I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my…
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