--- title: "1 Country Knew Quotes By Zachary Lazar" description: "1 Country Knew quotes by Zachary Lazar. Plus more from Zachary Lazar and more Country Knew sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/zachary-lazar-43499_life-work_they-wanted-you-to-grow-up-into-some-hel_2940445.jpg" --- > [“They wanted you to grow up into some helpless combination of old person and infant. They wanted you to have a house and a family and a refrigerator and a TV, and not know how any of it worked. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/they-wanted-you-to-grow-up-into-some-helpless-combination-of-old/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/zachary-lazar-43499_life-work_they-wanted-you-to-grow-up-into-some-hel_2940445.jpg) ## More by Zachary Lazar > [Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/once-i-got-interested-in-organized-crime-and-specifically-jewish/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/what-s-invaluable-about-actually-going-to-the-places-you-want-to/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [I love the rabbit hole. I spend a lot of time looking at images, Google mapping, etc. I also love to read court transcripts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/i-love-the-rabbit-hole-i-spend-a-lot-of-time-looking-at-images-google/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [“For everything man does has significance. An evil act will generally cause some disruption or negative reaction in the vast system of the Sefirot;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/for-everything-man-does-has-significance-an-evil-act-will-generally/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [“In writing this book, I have come to feel like a kind of immigrant in my own life, inhabiting a world of reflections and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/in-writing-this-book-i-have-come-to-feel-like-a-kind-of-immigrant-in/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [In hindsight, I must have been looking for a way to write about Jewishness that somehow managed to minimize irony and self-deprecation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/in-hindsight-i-must-have-been-looking-for-a-way-to-write-about/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [I try to do as little as possible without looking like an idiot. Research is fun and easy. Writing is hard. So I try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/i-try-to-do-as-little-as-possible-without-looking-like-an-idiot/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [It's changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Communism is gone, so now the global war is framed in religious terms. Fundamentalist religion is rampant on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/it-s-changed-dramatically-in-our-lifetimes-communism-is-gone-so-now/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) > [“They wanted you to grow up into some helpless combination of old person and infant. They wanted you to have a house and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/they-wanted-you-to-grow-up-into-some-helpless-combination-of-old/) [Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-knew/zachary-lazar/#itemlist", "name": "1 Country Knew Quotes By Zachary Lazar", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They wanted you to grow up into some helpless combination of old person and infant. They wanted you to have a house and a family and a refrigerator and a TV, and not know how any of it worked. They wanted you to spend your life working on something that was never concrete, never anything you could see or hold in your hands, and if you didn't do that they wanted to put you in jail. 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