"Not the absorption capacity of the land, but the creative ability of a people, is the true yardstick with which we can measure the immigration potentialities of the land."

-- David Ben-Gurion

#Land Quotes #People Quotes #Creative Quotes

“The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.”
“To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign of uncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.”
“women's entry into the public sphere can be seen not merely as the result of contemporary economic pressures, the high rate of divorce, or the success of the feminist movement, but rather as a profound evolutionary response to a pervasive cultural crisis. Feminine principles are entering the public realm because we can no longer afford to restrict them to the private domestic sphere, nor allow a public culture obsessed with Warrior values to control human destiny if we are to survive.”
“Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.”
“We all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. Itâ€™s no matter that this dye doesnâ€™t fool you. My lady, you donâ€™t dye your hair to decieve other people, or to fool yourself, but rather to cheat your image in your mirror a little.”
“Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat.”

Source : Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk
“Drying her eyes, Mother said to Totto-chan very slowly, "You're Japanese and Masao-chan comes from a country called Korea. But he's a child, just like you. So, Totto-chan, dear, don't ever think of people as different. Don't think, 'That person's a Japanese, or this person's a Korean.' Be nice to Masao-chan. It's so sad that some people think other people aren't nice just because they're Koreans.”

Source : Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (2012). “Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window”, p.106, Kodansha USA
“I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.”

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