"Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious."

-- Hank Stuever

#Portraits Quotes #Curious Quotes

“Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.”

Source : "Naomi Knows It All" by Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 7, 2012.
“Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.”

Source : "10 life lessons you should unlearn" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. May 5, 2010.
“Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nationâ€™s future and my moral outrage regarding my nationâ€™s occupation policy are not unconnected. On the one hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is occupying another people. On the other hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is existentially threatened. Both occupation and intimidation make the Israeli condition unique. Intimidation and occupation have become the two pillars of our condition.”

Source : Ari Shavit (2013). “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel”, p.10, Spiegel & Grau
“I've always been attracted to action stuff.”
“When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut out. The locks lose their powers. The guards go to sleep. The passwords fail.”
“Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.”
“Simplicity has power. Founding our life on constructive, positive behavior is the simplest, most direct, and powerful approach I've ever found-simple, but not easy.”
“The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.”

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