#les

There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#another #belief #believe #countries #dangerous

To me the notion that Palestinians are actually Jews is, I think, quite revelatory and very radical and a possible bridge that has been ignored, I think, in this entire controversy and there's ample evidence to support it. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#ample #been #bridge #controversy #entire

When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules? ↗

— Steven Wright

#asked #guy #i #kid #schedules

Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#anymore #by the time #get #give #got

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#back #deconstruct #discuss #everything #fights

Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#every #every time #first #good #good student

Sometimes I wish that there were a way to let people know that just because I live in a world without rules, and in a life that is lawless, doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt so bad the morning after. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#bad #because #hurt #i #i wish

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#enjoyed #i #jazz #made #me

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#bob #carl #confirm #former #go

President Obama said it best during his state of the Union Address this year when he declared: 'I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules.' ↗

— Ron Wyden

#american #anywhere #best #competitors #declared