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Quote by Morrie Ryskind

“Ever since I've met you, I've swept you off my feet.”

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Morrie Ryskind was an American playwright known for his humorous and witty scripts. His career spanned from Broadway to Hollywood, where he created many classic comedies. more

“...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt. But I did it anyway because it was something that might possibly have an effect. I remember walking around in my little white blouse and skirt and tourists standing there eating their ice cream cones and watching us like the zoo had opened.”

“Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.”

Next Steps Wall Logical Bangs

Author:Stephen Harper

“Begin with loss and see how the world contradicts you, how the horizon implies that beyond it the water is not empty but full of ships all docking at another island.”

World Hope Water Loss Empty Ships Islands Horizon

Book:Oblique light

Source: Oblique light

“Most Jewish feminists and gays that I know remain angry and frustrated by Jewish progressives. Deeply committed to progressive causes, frequently in the vanguard of political action, Jewish feminist and gays find ourselves fighting for the rights of others without the secure knowledge that others will fight for us.”

Knows Action Political Fighting Causes Rights Feminism Gay Angry Committed Feminist Secure Progressive Frustrated Political Action Vanguard

Author:Irena Klepfisz

“...I've stopped wanting to do any work at all. All work is bullshit. Everyone knows that. No matter how many telephones and extensions, no matter how many secretaries, no matter how many names in the rolodex. It's all bullshit.”

Knows Matter Names Work Secretary Bullshit Extensions Telephones

Book:Keeper of accounts

Source: Keeper of accounts

“How do we work together? For if we want liberation for women, then we're committed to building a society in which these distances--of class and economics--dissolve, and all our authentic differences--cultures, personalities, sexualities, talents, and aspirations--emerge and are equally nourished.”

Ifs Want Together Culture Differences Freedom Class Talent Building Personality Diversity Economics Distance Committed Sexuality Liberation Aspiration Working Together

Author:Irena Klepfisz

“What we grieve for is not the loss of a grand vision, but rather the loss of common things, events and gestures.... ordinariness is the most precious thing we struggle for, what the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto fought for. Not noble causes or abstract theories. But the right to go on living with a sense of purpose and a sense of self-worth--an ordinary life.”

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