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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.

~A. B. Yehoshua

Topics: Between Bridge Bridges Conflict Contributing Creating Desire Dreams East Exclusion Instead More Our Stupid West Zionism

Keywords: Creative Creative Work Demands Develop Develops Everything Fish Fully Grown Ideas Just More Need Other Spawn Takes Than Too World


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Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development and triumph of the manufacturers and bankers of the industrial North, East and West over the slave-holder of the South.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Bankers Capitalist Class Development East Emancipation Indispensable Industrial Lincoln Manufacturers North Over Rising Slaves South Spokesman Triumph Viewed West Who

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The longer I spent time on 'The Daily Show,' standing in front of a green screen pretending to report from war zones and hot spots around the world - most often from somewhere in the Middle East - the more I began to realize that 'The Daily Show' was radicalizing me.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Around Began Daily Daily Show East Front Green Hot Longer Me Middle Middle East More Most Often Pretending Realize Report Screen Show Somewhere Spent Spots Standing Time War World Zone

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They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job.

~Aasif Mandvi

Topics: Audition Correspondent Daily Daily Show East Ethnic Face Felt Got Had Hire Job Left Middle Middle East Needed People Show Slot Somebody Wanted

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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Anything Countries East Energy Hope Middle Middle East None Nuclear Nuclear Energy Peaceful Planning Utilization I Hope That

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No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Always Arab Arab Spring Challenges Critical East Economic Emotional Happening High Israeli-Palestinian Issue Matter Middle Middle East Rates Spring Unemployment

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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Best Both Cultures East Societies West

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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Arab Arab World Because Brotherhood Democracy East Example Lot Middle Middle East Muslim Only People Rest Say Think Want Who World You I Think

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And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Again American Center Challenge Colleague Decide Define East He Jordan Left Me Middle Middle East Months Need Once Rest Right Said Several Then Think I Think

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I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.

~Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

Topics: Almost Any Changes Continue East Expert Impossible Middle Middle East Predict Quite Quite A While Rapid See Think While Will I Think

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