#story

Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#become #even #history #iron #jewish

People who love do the impossible all the time. ↗

— Germaine Shames

#love #love-story #love

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done. ↗

— J. L. Austin

#come #commonly #done #going #happen

A man who don't know history, he don't know anything. ↗

— Edward Johnston

#inspirational #inspirational

For every moment I smile, I've braved a thousand frowns. ↗

— Brian A. Brown

#my-life-story #real-life #inspirational

Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth is the creation of the very few who cannot bear reality. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#activism-inspiration #american-history #ethics #myth #revolution

Heaven is freakin' not ready for me!" - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#cancer #cancer-survivors #hope #inspirational #love-story

You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable." - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#cancer #cancer-survivors #hope #humourosly-inspirational #inspirational

There is a camaraderie that grows up among those who work with old books and old papers, largely, I suspect, because we understand that we are at odds with the rest of the world: we are travelling backwards, while all those around us are still moving forward. ↗

— Peter Ackroyd

#inspirational #inspirational

Hay que ser duro pero jamas perder la ternura. [It is necessary to be hard but never to lose the tenderness] ↗

— Ernesto Guevara

#historyofpower #inspirational #politics #inspirational