I. L. Peretz Quotes
Purim is the birthday of the first Schutz-Jude , the first Jewish toady to foreign royalty.
I. L. Peretz
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
V. S. Naipaul
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
Victor Cousin
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
Victor Hugo
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Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.
Edgard Varese
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
T Bone Burnett
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
Adam McKay
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Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.
J. Michael Straczynski
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I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
Quentin Crisp
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A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town.
Patrick MacGill
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If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.
Carlton Fisk
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I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.
Kate Atkinson
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Cleaning, like seduction, should be done from the top down - starting with the ceiling, which is ridiculous. Gravity takes care of that.
P. J. O'Rourke
