"One of the things that feels so challenging is how questioning Israel and the idea of a Jewish state somehow opens the door for other sorts of questions - and wounds."

-- Jill Soloway

#Israel Quotes #Doors Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.”
“The choreographer and the dancer must rememberâ€¨that they reach the audience through the eye.â€¨It's the illusion created which convinces the audience,â€¨much as it is with the work of a magician”
“When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?”
“Man is a megalomaniac among animals-if he sees mountains he will try to imitate them by pyramids, and if he sees some grand process like evolution, and thinks it would be at all possible for him to be in on that game, he would irreverently have to have his whack at that too. That daring megalomania of his-has it not brought him to his present place?”
“I love to do fashion. I always put fashion in all of my storytelling because that's what I am, but I'm not selling clothes, I'm telling a story.”
“I'm going to do my thing and if you react a certain way - with pity or with anger - that's up to you.”
“I like perfume and flowers.”
“What we really want to do is to be left alone. We don't want Negroes around. We don't need Negroes around. We're not asking -- you know, we don't want to have them, you know, for our culture. We simply want our own country and our own society. That's in no way exploitive at all. We want our own society, our own nation....”

Source : Interview with Evelyn Rich, March 1985.

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