"Luckily I was not born in Eastern Europe, because I might have been born into the communist establishment and I'm glad I was not. But in Israel, communists were dissidents. So you grow up in an environment which is very critical of Israeli policies."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Amira Hass

#Growing Up Quotes #Israel Quotes #Europe Quotes

“He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters? Stuck on to other objects we select? Look at him! ... My desire might be to make this boy an ardent husband - a caring citizen - a worshipper of abstract and unifying God. My achievement, however, is more likely to make a ghost!”

Source : "Equus". Book by Peter Shaffer, 1973.
“Sleep is an essential part of life-but more important, sleep is a gift.”

Source : William C. Dement, Christopher C. Vaughan (2000). “The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep”, Dell Books
“I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.”
“Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes.”
“Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.”
“Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridiculous to say that someone 'stole' an idea: no, no, a thousand times no. The point is the volley, and how it's carried, and what statement is made by the answering 'statement.' In other words Â— if Burroughs initiates a time-gate and says it works randomly, and then Norton has time gates confounded with the Perilous Seat, the Siege Perilous of the Round Table, and locates it in a bar on a rainy night Â— do you see both the humor and the volley in the tennis match?”
“Love breaks your heart, love takes no less than everything. Love makes it hard, and it fades away so easily.”

Source : Song: Love Is
“God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.”

Source : Paul Tillich (1973). “Systematic Theology”, p.205, University of Chicago Press

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