Small: Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So
"Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor"
Avi Arad, Businessman
Small: Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and its a very painful job because we publish a
"Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books"
Avi Arad, Businessman
Small: The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a ve
"The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation"
Aharon Appelfeld, Novelist
Small: Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leade
"Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have"
Ariel Sharon, Leader
Small: People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them
"People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them"
Aharon Appelfeld, Novelist
Small: Trust your ability!
"Trust your ability!"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: The most important thing to do is really listen
"The most important thing to do is really listen"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Thats the goal, to survive your gift
"That's the goal, to survive your gift"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise
"That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: I love to work with young kids
"I love to work with young kids"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were o
"Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things th
"The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated"
Peter Malkin, Public Servant
Small: Many times I asked myself, Who is a painter in your own eyes?
"Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'"
Peter Malkin, Public Servant
Small: I head a nation of a million presidents
"I head a nation of a million presidents"
Chaim Weizmann, Leader
Small: I listen to kids play a lot
"I listen to kids play a lot"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: I am playing the violin, thats all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day
"I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: For people who are really talented, what you dont say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to s
"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Another thing that I dont like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes ther
"Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: We have a country that is in a very delicate situation
"We have a country that is in a very delicate situation"
Ezer Weizman, Statesman
Small: Even a secret agent cant lie to a Jewish mother
"Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother"
Peter Malkin, Public Servant
Small: Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it
"Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it"
Chaim Weizmann, Leader
Small: Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties
"Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties"
Levi Eshkol, Statesman
Small: Israel is still the only country in the world against which there is a written document to the effect that it
"Israel is still the only country in the world against which there is a written document to the effect that it must disappear"
Menachem Begin, Statesman
Small: You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. Thats why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small o
"You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening
"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They dont change the doorways, they chan
"In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: I feel that you always pay when you are a child
"I feel that you always pay when you are a child"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard
"For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Child prodigy is a curse because youve got all those terrible possibilities
"Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you dont feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to
"When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Im now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to se
"I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: I dont feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows insta
"I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play its just an hour and a
Keren Ann
"When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play it's just an hour and a half and then once it's over it's over"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to sleep because thats probably the only time I get to
Keren Ann
"It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to sleep because that's probably the only time I get to get my real sleep. When I can't sleep I read books or watch movies"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: Im nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite
Keren Ann
"I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: Leave my image alone... I will behave as I think I should and I will not change anything
"Leave my image alone... I will behave as I think I should and I will not change anything"
Ezer Weizman, Statesman
Small: Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, fro
"Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles
"In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: Anyone who believes you cant change history has never tried to write his memoirs
"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: Sometimes youre trapped in writing songs and you dont have enough distance from what you do anymore and you ne
Keren Ann
"Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in"
Keren Ann, Musician
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