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Father had been able to save a little from his earnings and felt that it would last till the end of the war—but he used that money to buy back those prayers shawls! So now we were penniless.
Father…
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Yehudah Yaari
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London, Canada
Date:
1932
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“Alec,” she said meekly, “you’re wearing out my carpet.”
He stopped. “Pardon?”
“Why the Man of Destiny act?” she asked.
He stared at her uncomprehending.
She put her hand on his arm and shook him. “Oh…
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Betty Miller
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London, United Kingdom
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1935
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I slept with a murderer every night of my life for two years. The murderer is dead now. He died some weeks ago in Chicago. That is why I am free to tell the tale.
I was a small boy at that time. I…
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Louis Golding
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Manchester, United Kingdom
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1938
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But the distant lulls were merely the frame of the picture; the feast for Joseph’s eyes was the green Valley of Jezreel itself, the cradle of the Communes. Twenty years ago a desolate marsh cursed…
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Arthur Koestler
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New York City, United States of America
(London, United Kingdom)
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1946
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No, Moshe was not a serious Jewish boy. He was not committed to the history of the Jewish people. If he were asked to locate Tel Aviv on a map of Israel, I am not sure that Moshe could have done it.
I…
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Adam Thirlwell
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
2003
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Man is not naturally a gregarious animal, though he has become so under the compulsion of circumstances and civilisation. You can see this in the history of his dwellings. In the beginning…
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Leonard Woolf
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(London, United Kingdom)
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1913
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Ros:We could play at questions.
Guil:What good would that do?
Ros:Practice!
Guil:Statement! One-love.
Ros:Cheating!
Guil:How?
Ros:I hadn’t started yet.
Guil:Statement. Two—love.
Ros:Are you counting…
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Tom Stoppard
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1966
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I am not aware that the infancy of Vivian Grey was distinguished by any extraordinary incident. The solicitude of the most affectionate of mothers, and the…
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Benjamin Disraeli
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London, United Kingdom
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1826
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God, Robin and me had the funniest time trying to decide. I mean it was bizarre. I suppose we had always assumed we would do it, but then, well, when you actually think…
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Jeremy Gavron
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London, United Kingdom
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2002
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During the night I have a vision of bedbugs in congress. A concrescence of male and female. The polluted mass pulsates, masculine organs pullulate, grow into dangerous spikes that, blinded by passion…
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Clive Sinclair
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1982