"I thought it was interesting to see that Israel did not play a role in this revolution. The man on Cairo's Tahrir Square doesn't want anything from me, but he does want something from his government. That's a good sign."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Tom Segev

#Men Quotes #Squares Quotes #Israel Quotes

“Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.”
“Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts as somehow sissy and effete. We have done both an injustice. The life of the artist is, in relation to his work, stern and lonely. He has labored hard, often amid deprivation, to perfect his skill. He has turned aside from quick success in order to strip his vision of everything secondary or cheapening. His working life is marked by intense application and intense discipline.”
“Risk-taking is the essence of innovation.”
“I think ultimately what makes the show is not the reality but the drama.”

Source : "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.
“The problem with the immigration debate, it's probably is the most poisoned and political debate of any issue, because you have this huge voting bloc that everybody says is yours”
“The primary thing I should do, apart from being a good husband, brother, son, and friend, is to be a citizen activist. But I'm afraid it takes away from the writing. Not that anything depends on whether I put an essay in 'The Nation' or not. But you want to participate.”
“A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.”
“It is one soul which animates all men.”

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