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Diana Abu-Jaber
"The question of identity has always been a murky issue in my own life and my writing bounces that right back. My father was adamant that my sisters and I were "Arab," and even though our house was in Syracuse, it was filled with the food, language, music, and overbearing relatives of Jordan. Unlike my gorgeous sisters, though, I inherited my mother's lighter complexion - it really is amazing what a difference a little bit of pigment can make on a person's experience!" --
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Diana Abu-Jaber
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“Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they've lost all incentive because we've given them too much money.”
“The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and playing, it's marvelous.”
“Mozart. Vivaldi. Van Gogh. Stretched their genius on struggle, stress and survival.”
“Every rebellion against suffering is fed by the subversive power of remembered suffering.”
“A man that advances in spiritual and in temporal matters at the same time, minding to keep the spiritual first, will not let the temporal lead him; he will not place his heart upon his farm, his horses, or any possession that he has. He will place his desires in heaven, and will anchor his hope in that eternal soil; and his temporal affairs will come up as he advances in the knowledge of God.”
“Life is about experience... You can't hold on to everything”
“If a man is worth loving at all, he is worth loving generously, even recklessly.”
“Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to modify their children, enhance their intelligence, their strength and their beauty and all the other so-called desirable characteristics.”