"Joseph McCarthy, the Junior Republican Senator from Wisconsin, ruled America like devil king for four years. His purges were an American mirror image of Stalin's purges, an unnoticed similarity."

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Martha Gellhorn

#Kings Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Years Quotes

“No one wants to spend too long inside their own darkness.”

Source : "To the brink and back" by Suzie MacKenzie, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2003.
“Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. Just keep knocking on doors until the right one opens”
“I began to rationalize marrying Will [William Houston Price]. 'He comes from a good family. A girl could do worse.' (As it turned out, I couldn't, but I didn't know that yet.)”
“Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.”
“Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.”
“My mother told me when I was a kid that each time we get to what feels like the edge of a cliff, we have two choices: to turn around and run, or to jump. I have learned over time to jump - and though it is scary, I know somewhere inside me that I will be caught.”
“Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nationâ€™s future and my moral outrage regarding my nationâ€™s occupation policy are not unconnected. On the one hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is occupying another people. On the other hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is existentially threatened. Both occupation and intimidation make the Israeli condition unique. Intimidation and occupation have become the two pillars of our condition.”

Source : Ari Shavit (2013). “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel”, p.10, Spiegel & Grau
“I never pictured myself as a telenovela galan - never imagined Id be in a soap opera.”

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