"I try to stay a civilian, to live…" — Yehuda Amichai
"I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet."
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25 Quotes by Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai has 25 quotes on this site.
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Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity.
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I’ve never been in those places where I’ve never been and never will be, I have no share in the…
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A flock of sheep near the airport or a high voltage generator beside the orchard: these combinations open up my…
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Every intelligent person, whether hes an artist or not - a mathematician, a doctor, a scientist - possesses a poetic…
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Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.
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God has pity on kindergarten children
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Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding.
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And as we stray further from love, we multiply the words. Had we remained together we could have become a…
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Love is like a reservoir of kindness and pleasure, like silos and pools during a siege.
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The soul inside me is the last foreign language I'm learning,
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From the place where we are right, flowers will not grow in the spring.
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Here (Jerusalem), tears do not weaken the eyes, they only polish and shine the hardness of faces like stone.
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More Civilian Quotes
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one of 136 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at…
— Joe Barton
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United…
— Joe Barton
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Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
— John O. Brennan
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Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the…
— John O. Brennan
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Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put…
— Steve Buyer
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Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming.…
— Graydon Carter
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I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying…
— Lee Child
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I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to…
— John Abizaid
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At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they…
— Barry McCaffrey
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You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it…
— Mary McGrory
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To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.
— Sarah Brady
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The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of…
— Janet Reno
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