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" All Israelis think Arabs steal cars. "

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" To be critical of television is almost like questioning the fact of God's existence. "

" The Palestinians have tried everything, and by God, it's Israel's governments that taught us that the only thing the Israelis appreciate is force. "

" Somehow, the rare trips to Tel Aviv give me the feeling that I have a career. "

" I don't really wake up in the morning and say, 'Ohmigod, I'm a Palestinian in a Jewish state.' I wake up in the morning and say, 'Ohmigod, I have to make sandwiches for my kids.' "

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" I always envied them, the owners of the cars with the white plates who can be seen around Jerusalem. I always wanted to be one of them. We call them U.N., even though U.N. are generally foreign correspondents with leased cars and yellow plates. "

" We were, as Arabs in Israel, educated not to leave our villages, in order to protect our identity. "

" When was the last time an Arab MK who appeared on television wasn't there in the role of the accused who is attacked by a skeptical broadcaster? "

" When I come to the airport, they always send me with all the other Israeli Arabs to the foreign workers' line. I don't mind. I feel like I belong more with all the people from abroad and the foreign workers than in the Israelis' line. "

" If there was genuine desire on the Israeli side, even without a solution, it would be possible to solve a large percentage of the problems between Israelis and Palestinians by means of simple statements from the Israelis. "

" I wanted to bring likable Arabs into the average Israeli living room. "

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" Sometimes it seems that what really worries the Israeli governments, even more than the Muslim Brotherhood, is the real Egypt. "

" Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant. "

" I really just want to be a writer and a storyteller. But maybe pain is one of the things you have to feel in order to be creative. "

" When I was 14, I saw a library for the first time. "

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" Is it too late to institute a leap year and mandate that the holidays fall on regular, convenient dates - so that Id al-Fitr will come, say, in the spring and Id al-Adha in early summer? "

" I conduct all my nighttime activities under the assumption that my wife is awake, that she never falls asleep. "

" Many Israelis are educating their kids in a very nationalist, powerful identity, since kindergarten - and the Arabs as well. "

" It's problematic being an Arab who writes in Hebrew. "

" Somehow, since I became a family, every minute in which I am alone and not listening to two kids screaming in stereo feels like a vacation. "

" I use a lot of humor, and I follow the saying that if you want to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh first; otherwise, they will shoot you. "

" I'm totally secular, but I'm scared like hell of God. "

" I can never get to sleep without a book. "

" I wanted the Israeli mainstream audience to meet different kinds of Arabs - not just terrorists or politicians - and to listen to their language and their stories. "

" My children don't even know who Fairuz is - a horrifying thought. "