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"this will be, i admit, a difficult book given Twittys zionist leanings. it’s hard to reconcile a memoir of the south by someone that glosses positive for the genocidal tendencies and apartheid practices of a modern state." — Nov 01, 2025 12:30AM
"this will be, i admit, a difficult book given Twittys zionist leanings. it’s hard to reconcile a memoir of the south by someone that glosses positive for the genocidal tendencies and apartheid practices of a modern state." — Nov 01, 2025 12:30AM
This is why we live in a culture of burnout.
“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”
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“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
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“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”
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“It is easy to blur the truth with a simple linguistic trick: start your story from "Secondly." Yes, this is what Rabin did. He simply neglected to speak of what happened first. Start your story with "Secondly," and the world will be turned upside-down. Start your story with "Secondly," and the arrows of the Red Indians are the original criminals and the guns of the white men are entirely the victims. It is enough to start with "Secondly," for the anger of the black man against the white to be barbarous. Start with "Secondly," and Gandhi becomes responsible for the tragedies of the British.”
― I Saw Ramallah
― I Saw Ramallah
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NewGround began in 2006 as a response to the climate of tension and mistrust between Jews and Muslims in Los Angeles. But more importantly, NewGround ...more
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