Hanan Ashrawi Quotes
You can't simply redefine Jerusalem. The Palestinian claim is based on legality, on the international recognition that the situation created by the war in '67 is not valid.
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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I am quite a dreamer. I think we all are dreamers. We all don't like to live a practical life all the time. There is a thin line between our hopes and dreams.
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It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.
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I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.
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These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss.
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We had to sit in this courtroom in Reno for six weeks. It was like Disneyworld. We had no idea what a subliminal message was - it was just a combination of some weird guitar sounds, and the way I exhaled between lyrics. I had to sing 'Better by You, Better Than Me' in court, a cappella. I think that was when the judge thought, 'What am I doing here? No band goes out of its way to kill its fans'.
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I dropped a guy getting a hot dog. A few holes later, he was OK. But it was awful.
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My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.
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We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions.
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American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past.
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If you look up feminist in the dictionary, it just means someone who believes men and women have equal rights...
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I've read hundreds of cookbooks. For my money, they are the bird.
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When I left Tinder, I had no intention of getting back into the dating industry. What I ultimately wanted to do was start this contagious complimentary social network, where kindness was at the helm.
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Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.
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Truth will only make you unpopular.
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Every farm with slaves was a slave-breeding farm. Raising slaves was mostly a cottage industry.
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The Old and New Testaments are the stick of Judah. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the Lord blessed Judah, and the result was the writings of the Old and New Testaments. But where is the stick of Joseph? Can you tell where it is? Yes. It was the children of Joseph who came across the waters to this continent, and this land was filled with people, and the Book of Mormon or the stick of Joseph contains their writings, and they are in the hands of Ephraim
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Writing about Jerusalem was very stressful; every word counts.
