J Quotes
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“Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.”
“Jews have always yearned for Jerusalem, from which they'd been exiled many times, but they also yearned for each and every one of the countries where they had been persecuted and where their ancestors once lived and are still buried.”
Source: An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir
“Jews have been circumcising their boys for thousands of years, and suddenly we are accused of tormenting our children.”
“Jews have been the most successful and productive nation in history.”
Source: The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code
“Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.”
“Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.”
“Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.”
“Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.”
“Jews highly value having an abundance of money for the sake of caring for their families and for helping the needy.”
Source: The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code
“Jews in the Old Country called the cemetery the 'Village of the Still-Living'. I'd like to be remembered by loved ones so strongly in that way, as if I'm still here, wouldn't you? I would.”
Source: The Museum Guard
“Jews know the Palestinians. And they know they're not really different. And they know they are from the same background. And they know if they coordinated that they could be an economic success and a real basis for a rebirth in the Middle East.”
“Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.”
“Jews lie as reflexively and unthinkingly as humans breathe.”
“Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, "What happened?" but rather, "How then shall I live?" And it's only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins.”
“Jews show so near an affinity to you... Where is your Christianity if you do not believe in their Judaism?”
“Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live as Jews without fear.”
“Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash!”
“Jews took it very seriously to marry other Jews and repopulate the Jewish bloodline, and my father's generation gets very serious in my household when they're like, "You have to marry another Jew," because that's still kind of the mentality coming from the baby boomers. So I know that type of pressure.”
“Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.”
Source: Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World
“Jews were a frequent topic of conversation with all of the Wozniaks, which was surprising, since none of them had any contact at all with anything even remotely Jewish.
While watching television, Walter would point out who was and who was not Jewish and Helen’s frequent comment when watching the television news was, “And won’t the Jews be happy about that!” To bargain with a merchant for a lower price was to “Jew him down,” and that sort of thing.
Walter’s mother and father were far worse. They despised the Jews and blamed them for everything from the start of World War I to the Kennedy assassination to the rising price of beef.
I didn’t pay much heed to any of this. It wasn’t my problem, and if I were to think through all the ethnic, racial and religious barbs the Wozniaks threw out in the course of a week, I’d think about nothing else.
After being told about a part of my mother’s heritage, the Wozniaks began their verbal and cultural assault against us. As odd as it sounds, they might not always have intended to be mean.”
Source: No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care
“Jews were asked when life begins. For them it's when they finally graduate medical school.”
“Jews were never the focus of World War 2, it was about the invaders being invaded. Lo and behold, Nazis are the villain, though England, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal caused far worse damage!”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.”
“Jews were, are, and will remain ideological dope dealers smart enough not to smoke their own stash. They sell equality heroin to you, but they never inject it themselves.”
“Jews who have been guilty of exploiting the black people in America, economically, civically, and otherwise, hide behind - hide their guilt by accusing The Honorable Elijah Muhammad of being anti-Semitic, simply because he teaches our people to go into business for ourselves and take over the economic leadership in our own community.”
“Jews with unconventional identities should not have to wrestle alone at the intersection where their tradition seems to clash with their integrity as loving human beings. Like Moses responding to the travail of his brothers (Ex. 2:11), a caring halachic Jewish community should respond seriously to the heartfelt appeal of our contemporary sisters.”
“Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.”
“Jews, Germans, and Allies is an important historical document, especially in light of those revisionists who would impose a universal amnesia about the suffering and losses incurred during the Holocaust. The grim statistics that Ms. Grossmann presents in her carefully researched and well-organized book carry evidence of the terrible truth. But the testimony of the survivors she quotes contains the final, ineradicable facts of history.”
“Jews, I know you're God's chosen people and the rest of us are just 'whatever', but when Israel behaves like a violent, psychopathic bully and someone mentions it, that doesn't make them anti-Semitic.”
“Jez had gone from an evil twin to a sweet, even angelic, girl, all in less than a minute.”
“Jezim se od pomisli na društvo bez ljubavi, saosećanja i ljudskosti.”
“Jezus, ik ga niet zo iemand worden die het er altijd maar over heeft wat hij gaat doen. Ik ga het gewoon doen. Je de toekomst voorstellen is een soort nostalgie.'
'Huh?' vroeg ik.
'Je zit je hele leven in het labyrint vast, overdenkend hoe je er ooit uit zult ontsnappen, en hoe geweldig dat zal zijn, en dat beeld van de toekomst houdt je op de been, maar je doet het nooit. Je gebruikt de toekomst alleen maar om aan het heden te ontsnappen.”
Source: Looking for Alaska
“Jeśli chcesz osiągnąć doskonałe wyniki, potrzebujesz doskonałego paliwa. Nie możesz tak po prostu nasikać do baku.”
“Jeśli chcesz wychować zagorzałego ateistę, musisz udzielać mu surowych lekcji religii. To zawsze owocuje dobrymi skutkami.”
Source: Dead Poets Society
“Jeśli dobrze rozumiem - powiedział - mam stanąć do pojedynku, bo jeżeli odmówię, to mnie powieszą. Jeśli będę walczył, to mam pozwolić, by przeciwnik mnie okaleczył, bo jeśli ja go zranię, to mnie połamią kołem. Same radosne alternatywy. A może zaoszczędzić wam kłopotów? Huknę głową o pień sosny i sam się obezwładnię.”
Source: The Last Wish
“Jeśli ktoś mówił wam, że najważniejszą cechą terapeuty jest empatia, kłamał. Najważniejszy jest kompletny brak szacunku dla sztuki stand-upu. Ludzie dziwią się, gdy czytają, że słynni komicy często chorują na depresję. Mnie dziwi raczej, że nie wszyscy ludzie z depresją zostają komikami. Nasze życie to nieustanny występ. Nauczyliśmy się doprowadzać słuchaczy do ataków śmiechu opowiadaniem o toksycznych bliskich i przebytych traumach; neurozy i lęki zamieniliśmy w romantyczne atrybuty (...) Przepisaliśmy swoje biografie, wycinając pewne wątki i przestawiając inne, ostrożnie kalibrowaliśmy żarty, by nie przekroczyć granicy, po której śmiech utępuje miejsca litości.”
Source: Jak płakać w miejscach publicznych
“Jeśli nie oczekujemy niczego od przyszłości, nie ma powodu, by dla niej cierpieć.”
Source: A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“Jeśli pochodzenie określa rasę, wszyscy jesteśmy Afrykanami – wszyscy jesteśmy czarni.”
Source: We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
“Jeśli wam to pomoże, to uprzedzenia są rzeczą nabytą. Związane są z kulturą, w jakiej dany człowiek został wychowany. Nauczyłeś się ich jak tabliczki mnożenia. Oznacza to, że teraz możesz się ich oduczyć.”
Source: Chris-In-The-Morning: Love, Life, and the Whole Karmic Enchilada
“Jeżeli dadzą ci papier w linie, pisz w poprzek.”
Source: The Lovely Bones
“Jeżeli ludzkość bez wyjątku raz wyrzeknie się Boga (...), to sam przez się, bez ludożerstwa, upadnie cały stary światopogląd, przede wszystkim zaś, cała stara moralność, i nastąpi wszystko nowe. Ludzie zjednoczą się, by wziąć od życia wszystko, co ono dać może dla szczęścia i radości na jednym tylko świecie, na tym świecie. Człowiek wzniesie się do boskiej, tytanicznej dumy i zjawi się człowiek-bóg. Nieustannie pokonując przyrodę, już bez granic, wolą swą i nauką człowiek będzie odczuwał w tym rozkosz tak wzniosłą, że mu zastąpi ona całkowicie dawną nadzieję na niebieskie radości. Każdy pozna, że jest śmiertelny i nie licząc już na zmartwychwstanie, powita śmierć dumnie i spokojnie jak Bóg. Pojmie w dumie swojej, że nie ma co szemrać na to, że życie jest chwilką tylko i pokocha brata swego już bez żadnego wyrachowania na zapłatę. Miłość będzie wypełniała tylko krótki moment życia, lecz samo poczucie jej chwilowości wzmocni jej ogień nieskończenie silniej, niż dziś, gdy rozpływa się w nadziejach na miłość pozagrobową i nieskończoną...”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov
“Jeżeli porcelana to wyłącznie taka
Jeżeli porcelana to wyłącznie taka
Której nie żal pod butem tragarza lub gąsienicą czołgu,
Jeżeli fotel, to niezbyt wygodny, tak aby
Nie było przykro podnieść się i odejść;
Jeżeli odzież, to tyle, ile można unieść w walizce,
Jeżeli książki, to te, które można unieść w pamięci,
Jeżeli plany to takie, by można o nich zapomnieć
gdy nadejdzie czas następnej przeprowadzki
na inną ulicę, kontynent, etap dziejowy lub
świat
Kto ci powiedział, że wolno ci się przyzwyczajać?
Kto ci powiedział, że cokolwiek jest na zawsze?
Czy nikt ci nie powiedział, że nie będziesz nigdy
w świecie
czuł się jak u siebie w domu?”
Source: Tryptyk z betonu, zmęczenia i śniegu
“JFK [John F. Kennedy] was young, glamorous, Camelot, funny, engaging. Congress loved him.”
“JFK apparently felt genuine sympathy for his 1960 presidential opponent Richard Nixon. He felt that, with Nixon's frequent shifts in political philosophy and reinventions, he must have to decide which Nixon he will be at each stop. This, Kennedy reasoned, must be exhausting.”
Source: 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
“JFK had to act before his fragile body betrayed him.”
Source: 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
“JFK to RFK: To survive in politics, you sometimes have to be willing to make fun of yourself.”
Source: Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
“JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.”
“JFK was leading the world, leading the United States into a new position with the Soviet Union. He was calling for the end of the Cold War. He would have been reelected in 1964 because he was vastly popular.”
“jgn jadikan diri kalian org yg layak DIKASIHANI apalagi mengemis2 DIKASIHANI. Jgn jd manusia yg slalu memelihara rasa iba”
Source: Sarvatraesa: Sang Petualang
“Ji bona her kesek yarek heye ê min welat yar e
Belê çibkim di destê dijminê xwînxwar û xeddar e.”