Norman Podhoretz Quotes
The role of Jews who write in both the Jewish and American general press is to defend Israel.
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Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are struggling for the same piece of land.
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It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.
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I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.
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Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.
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The Land of Israel goes with the Torah of Israel under the sovereignty of the State of Israel.
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When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews.
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There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them.
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Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.
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I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.
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Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.
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Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
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I hope that I have had some effect on the fact that Israel is a start-up nation.
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Israel is not Vegas, and it will not be.
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Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.
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I'm always telling students when I do a master class on audiobooks: 'Watch Meryl Streep. Watch her disappear into a role; watch what she does.'
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Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.
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Guess what, I'm the opposite of a role model!
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I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the coolest. She's worked really hard her whole life and I just think she's got a great attitude. Moms just know so much it's so silly.
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Deception, flattering, lying, deluding, talking behind the back, putting up a false front, living in borrowed splendor, wearing a mask, hiding behind convention, playing a role for others and for oneself -- in short, a continuous fluttering around the solitary flame of vanity -- is so much the rule and the law among men that there is almost nothing which is less comprehensible than how an honest and pure drive for truth could have arisen among them.
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With every single role, you're not going to get a role unless you invest your whole heart into it.
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Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.
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At their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make us more ashamed, pressuring us to cover up more, pushing us to further enhance our image with the best designer labels and latest spiritual fads, weighing us down with layer upon layer of heavy, uncomfortable, pretentious, well-starched religiosity.
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The role of Jews who write in both the Jewish and American general press is to defend Israel.
