"Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked."

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Source : "A War With Iran: Rhetoric Or A Reality?". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. March 10, 2012.

#Israel Quotes #Nuclear Quotes

“During this period (of technological confinement / [and language]) the human mind has been placed in its narrowest confines it has experienced since consciousness emerged from its Paleolithic phase. Even the most primitive tribes have a larger vision of the universe, of our place and functioning within it, a vision that extends to celestial regions of space and to interior depths of the human in a manner far exceeding the parameters of our world of technological confinement.”
“Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found.”
“I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.”
“But there are forces that don't let you turn back and undo things, because to do so would be to deny what is already in motion, to unwrite and erase passages, to shorten the arc of a story you don't own.”
“And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop.”

Source : Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker”, p.365, Simon and Schuster
“An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel.”
“True salvation can come only to a person who renders service to the community.”
“Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.”

Source : Mary Ritter Beard, Ann J. Lane (1977). “Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard”, p.143, Feminist Press at CUNY

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