"When ordinary Soviet citizens are told that a vital trade agreement awarding their country most-favoured-nation status with the US is being blocked in Congress because Soviet Jews are demanding as an absolute right something few other inhabitants can expect as a special privilege - then the result is likely to be spontaneous outbreaks of anti-Semitism."

-- Alan Brien

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“There is no one else who can ever fill your role in the same way, so it's a good idea to perform it as well as possible.”
“The problem for me is that I just don't often come across material that speaks to me and my TV education. Before we all had DirectTV and Netflix and Amazon, there's literally 15 years where I saw nothing. Now, I get the pleasure of binge-watching, so now I feel like I'm much more in a TV state of mind, because I binge-watched so many incredible TV shows that now I'm actually a little bit more excited about working in the space.”
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.”
“I got in drama class in high school and I only got in there because there were girls and I thought maybe I could make a grade above a C in something.”
“Donâ€™t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”
“I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.122, Yearling
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“Iâ€™ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isnâ€™t always greener on the other side.”

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