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Amos Oz
Amos Oz
Israeli Writer
Born: May 4, 1939
Between Conflict Live People World You
Related authors: Ayn Rand Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Mann Thomas Paine Voltaire
Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right. Amos Oz
Definition Clash Between Well Tragedy Right
If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don't learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state. Amos Oz
Injustice Unhappy Somewhere Sense State Our Sides Compromise Both Both Sides Contain Learn Accept How End Up Stop Doomed Burned Coexist
A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops. Amos Oz
Conflict People Minds Begins Hearts Ends
Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims. Amos Oz
Conflict Past Oppressor Other Arab See Case Parent Cruel Between Look Another Very Same Children Victims Much Each Image Jew Two
All of my novels are democracies. Amos Oz
Democracy Novels
I recommend the art of slow reading. Amos Oz
Art Slow Reading Recommend
And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim. Amos Oz
Respect Conflict Claim Has-Been Clash Powerful Between Over Another Israeli-Palestinian Been Tragedy Very Land Convincing Painful Less
I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world. Amos Oz
Family World Find Mysterious Institution Most Fascinating
Israel should aspire to be a decent country. That's good enough for me. Amos Oz
Good Me Country Enough Israel Decent Should Aspire
But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort. Amos Oz
News People Nationalism Everyday Everyday People About Never Headlines Sort Makes Israel Same Precisely Any Fanaticism Which Anywhere Far Sea Militancy Novel Fundamentalism Set
The idea that all Israelis are villains is a childish idea. Israel is the most deeply divided, argumentative society. You'll never find two Israelis that agree with one another - it's hard to find even one who agrees with himself or herself. Amos Oz
You Childish Society Herself Find Divided Never Idea Most Himself Another Israel Israelis Hard Who Agree Even Villains Deeply Two
But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country. Amos Oz
Balance Country Runs Determine Hawks Leaders Between Been Years Forms Coalition Doves Who Orthodox Position
Nobody ever predicted, a week before President Sadat came to Jerusalem in 1977, that his arrival would be the beginning of a peace process that would end up in an - unhappy - Israeli-Egyptian peace. We have seen peace with Egypt. We have seen peace with Jordan. We have seen the handshake between Rabin and Arafat - things are possible. Amos Oz
Peace Unhappy Seen Before Beginning President Possible Arafat Would Would-Be Week Jordan Between Nobody Arrival Came His End Up Handshake Egypt Predicted Process Peace Process Ever Jerusalem Things
I love Israel, but I don't like it very much. Amos Oz
Love Like Israel Very Much
I have almost never written about my experience as a soldier on the battlefield, because I tried, and I found that it is beyond my capacity to describe the battlefield. The battlefield consists mostly of smells, and it is very difficult to describe smells in words - very difficult indeed. Amos Oz
Experience Words Difficult Soldier Indeed Consists Battlefield Tried About Never Written Almost Beyond Smells Mostly Because Very Capacity Describe Found
In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather. Amos Oz
Birds Ways Arafat Feather Sharon Regard Many
Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself. Amos Oz
World Live Jews Unknown Out Religious Ten Outside Outside World Almost Occupied Territories Israel Israeli Itself Nationalistic Eight Where Conflicts Plain Fiery Far Coastal Jerusalem
On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered. Amos Oz
Values Parents Considered Scale Something More Cultured Western
One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same. Amos Oz
Conflict Down Our Secrets One Of The Things Introduce Fact Beyond Same Transcending Wanted Sea Deep Deep Down Things Below
The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic. Amos Oz
Party Between New Labor Microscopic Central Gap Actual
Every country in the world should follow the example of President Trump and move the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. But simultaneously, there should be an embassy of all countries in the world in East Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine. Amos Oz
World Example Country Every President State President Trump East Embassy Follow Simultaneously Countries Israel Trump Move Capital Should Jerusalem Palestine
Writing in modern Hebrew is a bit like playing chamber music inside a huge, empty cathedral. If you are not very careful with the echoes, you may evoke some monstrosities. Amos Oz
Music You Writing Bit Evoke Inside Some Echoes Like Cathedral Empty Huge Very Modern May Hebrew Chamber Playing Careful
There is a difference between myself and some of the peace people in Europe: whereas they think that the ultimate evil in the world is war, I think the ultimate evil in the world is aggression, and aggression sometimes must be repelled by force. Amos Oz
War Myself Peace People World Sometimes Evil Think Must Some Between Force Ultimate Repelled Difference Whereas Aggression Europe
I am not a pacifist in terms of turning the other cheek. Amos Oz
Other Cheek Terms Am Pacifist Turning
Jesus was born a Jew, and he died a Jew. It never occurred to him to establish a new religion. He never crossed himself: he had no reason to. He never set one foot in a church. He went to synagogue. Amos Oz
Religion Church Synagogue Born Crossed No Reason Foot Never Had He New Him Himself Occurred New Religion Died Establish Reason Jesus Jew Set
I listen to my political rivals sometimes with fear and trembling, sometimes with awe, sometimes with near panic, but always with a curiosity of nuances, curiosity for the language, curiosity for the story behind the 'impossible' position. Amos Oz
Fear Sometimes Political Impossible Language Trembling Panic Rivals Always Curiosity Listen Behind Story Near Awe Nuances Position
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