"The Jews in the ghetto were every bit as imperfect as human beings anywhere else."

-- Edgar Hilsenrath

#Ghetto Quotes #Imperfect Quotes #Jew Quotes

“You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.272, Ballantine Books
“The U.S. ranks 25th in math and 21st in science. We are woefully behind. The only way to change this situation is through public-private partnerships.”
“Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107.”
“I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.”
“My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA.”
“In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood.”
“The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely.”
“What modeling taught me at a young age was how to say "no," which is something girls - we're not always good at saying "no." We want to be nice, and then we forget to look out for ourselves. There have been moments when I was on a modeling job, and it was the most fantastic thing in the world. And there have been moments where I've realized, "Okay, I'm ten years old, and I've spent the past six hours outside in the rain." It taught me how to be specific about what kinds of projects I wanted to do, and what kind of work I wanted to do.”

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