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“From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital”

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Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas, born on March 26, 1935, is the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is a Palestinian politician who has dedicated his career to the Palestinian cause of national liberation. more

“What you really have to know is one: yourself. And the only way you can know that one is in the mirror of the others. And the only way you can see into the mirror of the others is by love or its opposite—by profound emotion. Certainly not by curiosity—by dancing around asking, looking, making notes. You have to live relationships to know.”

Knows Way Emotion Opposites Asking Mirrors Dancing Notes Profound Curiosity

Author:Archibald MacLeish

“The imagination is the liberty of the mind It is intrpeid and eager and the extreme of its achievement lies in abstraction.”

Mind Lying Imagination Liberty Achievement Extremes Abstraction

Author:Wallace Stevens

“The tomb in Palestine Is not the porch of spirits lingering. It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay.”

Spirit Jesus Lays Graves Palestine Tombs Porch Lingering

Book:The Emperor of Ice-Cream and Other Poems

Source: The Emperor of Ice-Cream and Other Poems

“Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel.”

Feels Mind Humans States Feelings Human Beings Worst Produce Ought Sentences State Of Mind Peculiar Entitled Deprived Detachment

Book:Self-interviews

Source: Self-interviews

“To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.”

Precise Reckless

Book:Sorties

Source: Sorties

“To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes.”

Way Feels Sometimes Fire Flash

Author:James Dickey

“I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem. Not a bad question to ask oneself.”

Thinking Way Giving Reason Able Asks Ought Oneself

Author:James Dickey

“I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.”

Want Versions Welcome I Want You Banjos Dueling

Author:James Dickey

“Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.”

Boring

Author:John Berryman

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