Small: So usually even if you like a sentence or a story or something, it wont come out that way - itll come out year
Keren Ann
"So usually even if you like a sentence or a story or something, it won't come out that way - it'll come out years later, and in a different way, and you don't really control that"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite
"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition
"Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for
"I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled
"Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: We must never bend too much
"We must never bend too much"
Yitzhak Shamir, Statesman
Small: Honey, have you ever seen a man knitting socks?
"Honey, have you ever seen a man knitting socks?"
Ezer Weizman, Statesman
Small: Give it a kick at the right place and itll work
"Give it a kick at the right place and it'll work"
Ezer Weizman, Statesman
Small: Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence
"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: There are eleven million Jews in the world. I dont say that all of them will come here, but I expect several m
"There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be fe
"Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: Anyone who doesnt believe in miracles is not a realist
"Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasnt, thank God
"There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things
"Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things"
Itzhak Perlman, Musician
Small: The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Op
"The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of
"Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: If an expert says it cant be done, get another expert
"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fe
"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared"
David Ben-Gurion, Statesman
Small: If I look at it, its about being able to get lost in New York, to explore the city, to have more personal stor
Keren Ann
"If I look at it, it's about being able to get lost in New York, to explore the city, to have more personal stories about New York, although some could also take place in Paris"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: I think its very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them
Keren Ann
"I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: Its always a mixture of fiction and your own story. Its more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs
Keren Ann
"It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: Im always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home
Keren Ann
"I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen
Keren Ann
"I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: When you write songs, you cant really point out the exact thing youre inspired by. Its more a state or a mood
Keren Ann
"When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: Im very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording there, but New York is home to me
Keren Ann
"I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording there, but New York is home to me when I'm in the U.S., because it's nice to have a bed to go back to"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more
Keren Ann
"I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more to do with travel for me, about the search musically for open air"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: I spend a lot of time writing in New York
Keren Ann
"I spend a lot of time writing in New York"
Keren Ann, Musician
Small: The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weap
"The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right
"Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who wa
"My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table
"I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, Look, I want to be very clea
"I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, 'Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.' I just - I don't want a peace process, I want a peace result"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a mont
"I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. Theyre trying to get a
"You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What theyre trying to do in the United N
"The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israels capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capita
"First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror o
"Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? Its very simple. If you want to get to pe
"Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. Its the - the theater of the absurd. It doesnt only c
"Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds.
"The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
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