Amira Hass Quotes
As a Jew and a journalist I have my privileges, and if one doesn't work I use the other one.
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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To be a Jew is a destiny.
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For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.
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I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.
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Your body is a temple, whether you're a Jew or not.
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There won't remain a single Jew that we will need to defend beyond the fence.
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I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se.
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It doesn't mean that you endorse it. It doesn't mean you're being insensitive. It means you're a journalist and you're telling the story.
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[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.
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I was told that [Japan journalists] wanted to see my dog, Yume. You can see that she is in great shape.
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Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.
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A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations.
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Was there any form of filth or crime without at least one Jew involved in it? If you cut into such a sore, you find, like a maggot in a rotting body, often dazzled by the sudden light, a Jew.
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The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.
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The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one.
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The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
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If I had to baptise a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptise thee in the name of Abraham'.
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All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.
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In times like these, a journalist's contribution to his country is measured in terms of illustrious commitment and sacrifice, ... There was no one more devoted to his calling than David Bloom and for that we are both grateful and humbled.
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I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.
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One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.
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A true poet is more than just a man who can write a poem with a pen. A true poet writes poetry with his very life. A true poet doesn't use poetic devices to con the heart of a woman but uses the beauty of all that is poetic to serve, cherish, and express love to the heart of a woman. Just as a true warrior is not a conqueror of femininity but a protector of femininity, a true poet is not just a wooer of a woman's heart but one who knows how to nurture and plant love in a woman's heart. Simply put, a true poet is a man who knows how to be intimate with a lover - first and foremost with Christ.
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As a Jew and a journalist I have my privileges, and if one doesn't work I use the other one.
