"A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal."

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Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Abba Eban

#Writing Quotes #Justice Quotes #Social Justice Quotes

“I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do you get cremated, do you get - let the sharks eat you? How do you die?”

Source : "Exclusive Interview With Duane 'Dog' Chapman". "Hannity & Colmes" with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, www.foxnews.com. November 6, 2007.
“Is that what they call a vocation, what you do with joy as if you had fire in your heart, the devil in your body?”
“I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.”
“If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn't we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight?”
“Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.”
“And this presence of the Spirit will enlighten not only yellow skin people or white skin people but even black skin people. I believe in the last days the Spirit of God will be poured out in the nations of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Because Jesus Christ is the Lord. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Universe. Amen.”
“Your best retirement plan for retiring happy and prosperous - don't be a burden on others.”
“I'm good at disguising my feelings.”

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