"There is something uncannily adaptive about anti-Semitism: the way it can hide, unsuspected, in the most progressive minds."

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Source : James Lasdun (2013). “Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked”, p.196, Macmillan

#Mind Quotes #Way Quotes #Progressive Quotes

“Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is low-paying and not prestigious enough.”
“Everyone was like, "You're life is going to change so much," but I don't think anybody recognizes me. Sometimes my friends will say, "Oh, that person recognized you," but I don't notice it. I don't even look at people when I walk because it weirds me out, if they're looking at me.”
“I wear glasses myself. As an affectation, as a badge of high intellect and to see with.”
“I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.”
“Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.”
“The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.”
“Arrogance can be deadly.”
“The guillotine has to fall somewhere when the team under-produces, and more times than not it's fallen on me.”

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