We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.
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What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.
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Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.
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Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.
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