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"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
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"Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are."
"The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq."
"The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American."
"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."
"An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards."
"American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows."
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"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."
"It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat."
"It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements."
"Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place."
"Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history."
"I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too."
"Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say!"
"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."
"Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off."
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