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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.

~A. B. Yehoshua

Topics: Because Boundaries Cross Crossing Experts Great Identity Inside Jewish Jewish People Jews Major Other People Permit Question Sense Them Themselves

Keywords: Cells Combinations Committee Connection Encounters Flexible Herself Mainly Millions Never Occurs Possible Result Smallest Units Which World


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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: About Becomes Building Comfort Crossing Else Hate House Line Mosque Muslims Publicly Something Something Else Stop Stopping Talk Then Think Want You Your

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Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Crossing Horses Stream Swap

Keywords: Abandon


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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.

~Abraham Verghese

Topics: About Associate Baptism Because Critical Crossing Elaborate In Other Words Life Major Marriage Other Passage President Ritual Rituals Tell Threshold Transformation Us Use Will Words

Keywords: Abandoned


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When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran.

~Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Topics: Actions Afghanistan Al-Qaeda Arrested Charged Crossing Imprisoned Iran Run Some Them Through Were

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Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in planes large and small, trying the whirling rotors of an autogiro, making record flights. With these activities came opportunity to know women everywhere who shared my conviction that there is so much women can do in the modern world and should be permitted to do irrespective of their sex.

~Amelia Earhart

Topics: Activities Aviation Came Continent Conviction Crossing Everywhere Flights Fun Irrespective Know Large Making Modern Modern World Much Offered Opportunity Permitted Planes Record Sex Shared Should Small Trying Who Women World

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I'm in love with low-rated shows. That's true of 'Men of a Certain Age,' 'Thief,' 'Gideon's Crossing.' I fall in love with projects that are almost freighted with prestige.

~Andre Braugher

Topics: Age Almost Certain Certain Age Crossing Fall Love Men Prestige Projects Shows Thief True

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I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.

~Andy Summers

Topics: Crossing Downstairs Get Go Lot Over Paint Painter Play Record Spend Studio Thing Time Upstairs Where Working

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I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.

~Andy Weir

Topics: About Apollo Awesome Born Control Crossing Dad Event Every Every Time Experience Fingers House Late Mission Room Some Something Space Tense Thing Though Time Too Too Late Trek Watching Your I Was Born

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I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid that. It's hypocritical of me and an arbitrary line, but one that I have managed to avoid crossing.

~Anthony Bourdain

Topics: Arbitrary Avoid Cat Crossing Dog Eating Gracefully Hard Hypocritical Line Me Situation Try Very Where Would

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