"Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing."

-- Janet Suzman

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Hands Quotes

“In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party”

Source : Franz Boas (1969). “Race and Democratic Society”, p.68, Biblo & Tannen Publishers
“When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.”
“My parents believe in the principle of â€˜sink or swim,â€™ or â€˜what doesnâ€™t kill you makes you stronger â€• or it kills you.â€ From â€œThe Education of Robert Nifkin”
“Art is thus materialized dream, separated from the ordinary consciousness of waking life”
“At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and my health.”
“I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.”
“Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug”
“I like necklaces that are short, the way skateboarders used to wear them in the seventies.”

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