"I'm going to Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission. I feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people"

-- Samantha Power

#Israel Quotes #People Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“Even death after a long illness is without warning. The moment you had prepared for so carefully took you by storm. The troops broke through the window and snatched the body and the body is gone. ... Death reduces us to the baffled logic of a small child. If yesterday why not today?”
“Mass communication communicates massively: its language lacks precise articulation and avoids demanding terms; it argues for the kind of behavior in life which will make a "good program": ethic equals showbiz.”
“Do you ever get the feeling like you already know the entire contents of the universe somewhere inside of your head, as if you were born with a complete map of this world already grafted onto the folds of your cerebellum and you are just spending your entire life figuring out how to access this map?”

Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.328, Penguin
“That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.”
“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.”
“The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt.”
“You are evil. But even the power of evil cannot stand against the power of faith and goodness.”
“I guess home is where the heart is, as they say. I've moved around the stage a lot - but I had intended on moving to New York anyway so I could live closer to Ireland and to Europe. That's where my sensibility is. This has just facilitated that process.”

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