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" Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. "
Elie Wiesel
Memories
Words
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" It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn't have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact. "
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" Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. "
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" I don't like docudramas. Documentaries should not go together with fiction, or half-fiction or quarter-fiction. The two should not go together. They cannot mix. "
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" I never felt any attraction towards violence. I never tried to express myself through violence. Violence is a language. "
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" When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from. "
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" It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. "
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" Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. "
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" One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious. "
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" I write to understand as much as to be understood. "
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" Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man. "
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" I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance. "
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" Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself. "
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Up
Will
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" I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory. "
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" I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. "
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" It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all these will not exist without Israel. "
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