Ezra G. Levin Quotes
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
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It was the only thing I had to do. I worked to get rid of the time, even now I work for something to do. Painting is a wonderful way of getting rid of the days.
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Least doers are the greatest boasters.
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I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I lie motionless, savoring the feeling of her body against mine. I'm afraid to breathe in case I break the spell.
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The one continuing problem in my life has always had the shape of just one question: What amusing thing can I do next?
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One thing that's important to point out is that this kind of populism has a long and mixed history. It's part of this tradition of problematic anti-elitism where the elites are always the liberal class - the intellectuals, the professors, the artists - and not the economic elites. Why are we so mad and aggrieved at newspaper editors but not at corporate executives? I think we need to look more at the latter, at economic elites.
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What we need to do is take that inchoate sense that something isn't right and give it a structural component and the sense that things can be another way.
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We will never recognize the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the liberation of Jerusalem.
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One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue.
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There were so many stories around, it was almost inevitable some of them would turn out to be true.
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I'm always "shopping," because I think it's important to know what's out there.
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I have two favorite colors - white and yellow. White makes me feel light and airy. Yellow makes me happy.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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No country in the world is going to recognize that Ariel and Maaleh Adumim and Beit El are a sovereign part of Israel.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.
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Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.
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Obviously, I don't want to minimize the patriarchal nature of our media, our government and our culture as a whole. But I think it's our refusal as women to own our power that is our biggest problem, both individually and collectively. The linchpin that holds the current system in place is the slumber of women.
