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" Since being on television, I have felt that my brain is degenerating. "

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" Back in Israel, I would spend much effort and plenty of money on presents when I went abroad, even if it was only for two days. "

" For one moment, after I left Jerusalem with my family for life in Illinois, I thought that maybe there's still a chance: maybe there are still enough people in Israel who refuse to rule and oppress another nation. "

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" 'Arab Labor' was light, snappy. We got emotional over things, but from a safe place, from the terrace. "

" I tell you a joke to have you listen to me, and then maybe I will tell you another joke that we can laugh together and feel equal. And then I will tell you a story hopefully that will make you cry. So I think that's the way that I approach the columns, as a surviving tool in a way. "

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

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" I'm always sad when Dad doesn't like my columns. He waits for them every week and usually likes them, in which case he doesn't say a word - it's only if he's critical that he bothers to call. "

" I began to write, believing that all I had to do to change things would be to write the other side, to tell the stories that I heard from my grandmother. "

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" Sometimes I wonder: What are the children thinking? And sometimes I wonder why the hell I'm not buying a tree like the other neighbors. After all, there is no mention in Christianity of Christmas trees, and even if there were - is there any good reason why I shouldn't be buying some red stockings? "

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" 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. "