"I thought of reaching out for progressive Israelis, progressive Americans, progressive American Jews - this was probably my main mission."

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Ari Shavit

#Progressive Quotes #Jew Quotes #Reach Out Quotes

“The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.”
“I feel lucky, though, because even when 'Alias' was popular, I was still sent scripts against type. I've never felt like the world only sees me one way. But yes, it's been really fun to be bad.”
“I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.”
“You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.”

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“What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to me so much more congenial - or at least less horrible. Prove to me that there is a God and I will really begin to despair.”
“The most significant visions are not cast by great orators from a stage. They are cast at the bedsides of our children. The greatest visioncasting opportunities happen between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 PM Monday through Sunday. In these closing hours of the day we have a unique opportunity to plant the seeds of what could be and what should be. Take every opportunity you get.”
“Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.”

Source : Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”
“I don't know very much but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about itâ€¦My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.”

Source : 1943 Journal entry, 9 Jun. Collected in Ego 6 (1944).

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