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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For ruining a fact, do not attack it, defend it badly.
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It’s not the struggles that define you; it’s how you overcome them.
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It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
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A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening.
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The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack authority and justice.
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The role of Jews who write in both the Jewish and American general press is to defend Israel.
