Ilan Stavans Quotes
American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.
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Being solicited on LinkedIn is a real thing that happens.
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Every town has an Elm Street.
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Some feelings are to mortals givenWith less of earth in them than heaven;And if there be a human tearFrom passion's dross refined and clear,A tear so limpid and so meekIt would not stain an angel's cheek,'Tis that which pious fathers shedUpon a duteous daughter's head!
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Exhaustion has a way of parting the veils between men, not so much because the effort of censoring their words exceeds them, but because weariness is the foe of volatility. Oft times insults that would pierce the wakeful simply thud against the sleepless and fatigued.
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I bought a lifetime pass on American Airlines and had a blast. The most memorable was going to Barcelona on a whim and scalping tickets at the Olympics to the Dream Team Quarterfinals.
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American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.
