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Leon Uris Quote: “You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation.”

51. “You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Perhaps the bazaar looks disorganized to you, but it works for us. Perhaps Islam looks fanatical to you, but it provides us with the means to survive the harshness of this life and prepare us for a better life hereafter.”

52. “Perhaps the bazaar looks disorganized to you, but it works for us. Perhaps Islam looks fanatical to you, but it provides us with the means to survive the harshness of this life and prepare us for a better life hereafter.”

Leon Uris Quote: “And one day a great thing happened. Dov Landau smiled again.”

53. “And one day a great thing happened. Dov Landau smiled again.”

Leon Uris Quote: “I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.”

54. “I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.”

Leon Uris Quote: “In order to be a good writer, you’ve got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer’s arsenal.”

55. “In order to be a good writer, you’ve got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer’s arsenal.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.”

56. “Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.”

Leon Uris Quote: “In God’s scheme what is a few billion years here and there. Perhaps there have come and gone a dozen human civilizations in the past billion years that we know nothing about. And after this civilization we are living in destroys itself, it will all start up again in a million years when the planet has all its messes cleaned up. Then, finally, one of these civilizations, say five billion years from now, will last because people treat each other the way they ought to.”

57. “In God’s scheme what is a few billion years here and there. Perhaps there have come and gone a dozen human civilizations in the past billion years that we know nothing about. And after this civilization we are living in destroys itself, it will all start up again in a million years when the planet has all its messes cleaned up. Then, finally, one of these civilizations, say five billion years from now, will last because people treat each other the way they ought to.”

Leon Uris Quote: “She could start a fight in an empty house.”

58. “She could start a fight in an empty house.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The only time we can attract a crowd is for some pilgrimage up some god-damned holy mountain to chase the snakes and banshees out of the country.”

59. “The only time we can attract a crowd is for some pilgrimage up some god-damned holy mountain to chase the snakes and banshees out of the country.”

Leon Uris Quote: “There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.” – EUGENE O’NEILL.”

60. “There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.” – EUGENE O’NEILL.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The true guilty draw a curtain on the past. The most innocent assume the guilt. Unfortunately there are too few Germans like that girl.”

61. “The true guilty draw a curtain on the past. The most innocent assume the guilt. Unfortunately there are too few Germans like that girl.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The soldier from the West is fairly predictable. One can surmise what a German or a French or Italian group of men will do under certain circumstances. However, the Russian soldier is an Asian, an oriental of sorts and he is completely unpredictable by Western standards. He will fight like a wild man on a given day. On another day, under the same circumstances, he will break and run.”

62. “The soldier from the West is fairly predictable. One can surmise what a German or a French or Italian group of men will do under certain circumstances. However, the Russian soldier is an Asian, an oriental of sorts and he is completely unpredictable by Western standards. He will fight like a wild man on a given day. On another day, under the same circumstances, he will break and run.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he’s either naive or insane.”

63. “Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he’s either naive or insane.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Johann Clement watched the blows fall. First there had been wild talk and then printed accusations and insinuations. Then came a boycott of Jewish business and professional people, then the public humiliations: beatings and beard pullings. Then came the night terror of the Brown Shirts. Then came the concentration camps. Gestapo, SS, SD, KRIPO, RSHA. Soon every family in Germany was under Nazi scrutiny, and the grip of tyranny tightened until the last croak of defiance strangled and died.”

64. “Johann Clement watched the blows fall. First there had been wild talk and then printed accusations and insinuations. Then came a boycott of Jewish business and professional people, then the public humiliations: beatings and beard pullings. Then came the night terror of the Brown Shirts. Then came the concentration camps. Gestapo, SS, SD, KRIPO, RSHA. Soon every family in Germany was under Nazi scrutiny, and the grip of tyranny tightened until the last croak of defiance strangled and died.”

Leon Uris Quote: “A combination of many stupidities can end up being a worthy man if he learns from his stupidities.”

65. “A combination of many stupidities can end up being a worthy man if he learns from his stupidities.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Jossi had been slow in agreeing with Ben Yehuda and the others. Hebrew had to be revived. If the desire for national identity was great enough a dead language could be brought back. But Sarah was set in her ways. Yiddish was what she spoke and what her mother had spoken. She had no intention of becoming a scholar so late in life.”

66. “Jossi had been slow in agreeing with Ben Yehuda and the others. Hebrew had to be revived. If the desire for national identity was great enough a dead language could be brought back. But Sarah was set in her ways. Yiddish was what she spoke and what her mother had spoken. She had no intention of becoming a scholar so late in life.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The Yishuv covered itself with glory. Just as in World War I the British glorified the Arab revolt – so they tried to hide the efforts of the Yishuv in World War II. No country gave with so much vitality to the war. But the British Government did not want the Jews to use this as a bargaining point for their homeland aspirations later on. Whitehall and Chatham House kept the Yishuv’s war effort one of the best secrets of the war.”

67. “The Yishuv covered itself with glory. Just as in World War I the British glorified the Arab revolt – so they tried to hide the efforts of the Yishuv in World War II. No country gave with so much vitality to the war. But the British Government did not want the Jews to use this as a bargaining point for their homeland aspirations later on. Whitehall and Chatham House kept the Yishuv’s war effort one of the best secrets of the war.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Almost everything that Jesus taught, all His ideas, had been set down before in the Old Testament. Then came the largest riddle of all. If Jesus were to return to the earth she was certain He would go to a synagogue rather than a church. Why could people worship Jesus and hate His people?”

68. “Almost everything that Jesus taught, all His ideas, had been set down before in the Old Testament. Then came the largest riddle of all. If Jesus were to return to the earth she was certain He would go to a synagogue rather than a church. Why could people worship Jesus and hate His people?”

Leon Uris Quote: “France was the first country in Europe to grant Jews the full rights of citizenship without qualification. Their position was further enhanced by Napoleon, according to whom Judaism was a religion, not a nationality. So long as French Jews regarded it only as a religion and gave their loyalty to France, they ought to be granted full.”

69. “France was the first country in Europe to grant Jews the full rights of citizenship without qualification. Their position was further enhanced by Napoleon, according to whom Judaism was a religion, not a nationality. So long as French Jews regarded it only as a religion and gave their loyalty to France, they ought to be granted full.”

Leon Uris Quote: “One of the first things Hansen learned when he came to starving Russia in 1920 was that the Russians were Asians. Western culture had been imported into only a few of the larger cities. Most of Russia and the other captive states that comprised the Soviet Union simply did not think or act like the West.”

70. “One of the first things Hansen learned when he came to starving Russia in 1920 was that the Russians were Asians. Western culture had been imported into only a few of the larger cities. Most of Russia and the other captive states that comprised the Soviet Union simply did not think or act like the West.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Los hombres somos la suma total de nuestro pasado.”

71. “Los hombres somos la suma total de nuestro pasado.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Their pledge, in fact, came close to later communal farming ideas. The communal farm was not born of social or political idealism. It was based on the necessities of survival; there was no other way.”

72. “Their pledge, in fact, came close to later communal farming ideas. The communal farm was not born of social or political idealism. It was based on the necessities of survival; there was no other way.”

Leon Uris Quote: “A lot was spoken but nothing was said.”

73. “A lot was spoken but nothing was said.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Belfast was born as the mongoloid child of British imperialism.”

74. “Belfast was born as the mongoloid child of British imperialism.”

Leon Uris Quote: “I never got over the horror of watching their graduation ceremonies, performed before their parents. After a demonstration of ‘military prowess’ and personal courage the ceremony ended with their biting off the heads of snakes. As the blood dripped down their chins, they roasted the dead animals for a victory feast. Other schools had the children strangle puppies and drink their blood.”

75. “I never got over the horror of watching their graduation ceremonies, performed before their parents. After a demonstration of ‘military prowess’ and personal courage the ceremony ended with their biting off the heads of snakes. As the blood dripped down their chins, they roasted the dead animals for a victory feast. Other schools had the children strangle puppies and drink their blood.”

Leon Uris Quote: “In the end, what would Michele’s life be? A.”

76. “In the end, what would Michele’s life be? A.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Know from where you come. Before you know who you are and where you are going, you must know from where you come.”

77. “Know from where you come. Before you know who you are and where you are going, you must know from where you come.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Children are instinctive about knowing who their friends are. – Dr. Lieberman.”

78. “Children are instinctive about knowing who their friends are. – Dr. Lieberman.”

Leon Uris Quote: “He did not believe, in his wildest moments, that he would ever see Palestine, nor did he believe his children would ever see Palestine. But he did believe in the idea.”

79. “He did not believe, in his wildest moments, that he would ever see Palestine, nor did he believe his children would ever see Palestine. But he did believe in the idea.”

Leon Uris Quote: “But once you allow yourself to think that there are some people, because of their race, their color, or religion, who are really not human beings you have established a justification for imposing every sort of humiliation on them.”

80. “But once you allow yourself to think that there are some people, because of their race, their color, or religion, who are really not human beings you have established a justification for imposing every sort of humiliation on them.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Likewise, Nothing is generally what prospectors find. Nothing is in the head of politicians. “We must try to understand oft-misunderstood philosophers who actually do Nothing, think Nothing, and say Nothing, because he who does Nothing can do Nothing wrong. He who thinks of Nothing day and night plants no evil and Nothing offends no one.” “I want you to defend me if I need a lawyer,” Conor said. “On what charges?” Theo asked. “Nothing,” Conor said. “I’ll have you out in no time flat.”

81. “Likewise, Nothing is generally what prospectors find. Nothing is in the head of politicians. “We must try to understand oft-misunderstood philosophers who actually do Nothing, think Nothing, and say Nothing, because he who does Nothing can do Nothing wrong. He who thinks of Nothing day and night plants no evil and Nothing offends no one.” “I want you to defend me if I need a lawyer,” Conor said. “On what charges?” Theo asked. “Nothing,” Conor said. “I’ll have you out in no time flat.”

Leon Uris Quote: “If I burned you for a fool, I’d have wise ashes,” he said.”

82. “If I burned you for a fool, I’d have wise ashes,” he said.”

Leon Uris Quote: “It was said that a crow flying over Berlin would have to carry his own provisions.”

83. “It was said that a crow flying over Berlin would have to carry his own provisions.”

Leon Uris Quote: “But the Russians have oriental patience. They waited a decade for political recognition and they will wait a century to achieve the ultimate aim. A stalemate for a decade does not matter, for the machinery is always at work, always plodding on. They are convinced that their final victory is inevitable. The Russian people knew that all invasions from Napoleon to Hitler had come from the West.”

84. “But the Russians have oriental patience. They waited a decade for political recognition and they will wait a century to achieve the ultimate aim. A stalemate for a decade does not matter, for the machinery is always at work, always plodding on. They are convinced that their final victory is inevitable. The Russian people knew that all invasions from Napoleon to Hitler had come from the West.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The British Government issued a White Paper on the eve of World War II shutting off immigration to the frantic German Jews and stopping Jewish land buying. The appeasers of Munich who had sold Spain and Czechoslovakia down the river had done the same to the Jews of Palestine.”

85. “The British Government issued a White Paper on the eve of World War II shutting off immigration to the frantic German Jews and stopping Jewish land buying. The appeasers of Munich who had sold Spain and Czechoslovakia down the river had done the same to the Jews of Palestine.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The only kingdom that runs on righteousness is the kingdom of heaven. The kingdoms of the earth run on oil. The Arabs have oil.”

86. “The only kingdom that runs on righteousness is the kingdom of heaven. The kingdoms of the earth run on oil. The Arabs have oil.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Ari knelt for a long time over Akiva’s grave. Yakov Rabinsky had been born in anger and he had died in sorrow. After so very many years of torment, he could at last find peace. He could find here a peace that had avoided him in life and he could sleep eternally looking down upon the land of the Jews. Someday, Ari thought, all the world will know where Akiva sleeps and it will be a shrine of all Jews.”

87. “Ari knelt for a long time over Akiva’s grave. Yakov Rabinsky had been born in anger and he had died in sorrow. After so very many years of torment, he could at last find peace. He could find here a peace that had avoided him in life and he could sleep eternally looking down upon the land of the Jews. Someday, Ari thought, all the world will know where Akiva sleeps and it will be a shrine of all Jews.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Israel is the bridge between darkness and light.”

88. “Israel is the bridge between darkness and light.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Unfortunately, reprisal seemed to be the only language that the Arabs understood, the only thing that might stop them.”

89. “Unfortunately, reprisal seemed to be the only language that the Arabs understood, the only thing that might stop them.”

Leon Uris Quote: “All we’ve ever shared,” she said, “is a room, a bed and a little time. We’ve never shared the sunlight or the wind or the feel of rain. When we were together it was always so temporary we never had time to be ourselves. Love can’t mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That’s the only real path to love.”

90. “All we’ve ever shared,” she said, “is a room, a bed and a little time. We’ve never shared the sunlight or the wind or the feel of rain. When we were together it was always so temporary we never had time to be ourselves. Love can’t mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That’s the only real path to love.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Certain of us are meant for certain things,” he began. “I thank God I discovered at an early age and was able to make peace about myself within the narrow framework allowed to me. There’s a book kept on all of us from the moment we’re born. If only we could open it and really learn what’s in store. The problem is it takes most of us most of our lives to understand what we should have known from the beginning.”

91. “Certain of us are meant for certain things,” he began. “I thank God I discovered at an early age and was able to make peace about myself within the narrow framework allowed to me. There’s a book kept on all of us from the moment we’re born. If only we could open it and really learn what’s in store. The problem is it takes most of us most of our lives to understand what we should have known from the beginning.”

Leon Uris Quote: “Caroline are definitely the people to carry it out.” Men of ambition understood men of ambition.”

92. “Caroline are definitely the people to carry it out.” Men of ambition understood men of ambition.”

Leon Uris Quote: “No blight that ever destroyed our fields can match the human blight that came to us from across the Irish Sea. Why don’t you people declare war on your ignorance?”

93. “No blight that ever destroyed our fields can match the human blight that came to us from across the Irish Sea. Why don’t you people declare war on your ignorance?”

Leon Uris Quote: “If you’re Irish enough, you can go an entire lifetime filled with conversations that never took place, like those.”

94. “If you’re Irish enough, you can go an entire lifetime filled with conversations that never took place, like those.”

Leon Uris Quote: “The good Lord has been wonderful to our republic. He has given us the wisdom to fight wars with no thought of personal gain. But this time we cannot pack up and go home. We have come of age. We have inherited both the power and the responsibility of the world without seeking or wishing it.”

95. “The good Lord has been wonderful to our republic. He has given us the wisdom to fight wars with no thought of personal gain. But this time we cannot pack up and go home. We have come of age. We have inherited both the power and the responsibility of the world without seeking or wishing it.”

Leon Uris Quote: “We come now to the most horrible of all the facts concerning the Arab refugees. The Arab nations do not want these people. They are kept caged like animals in suffering as a deliberate political weapon. In Gaza, to cite one example, the roads are mined and patrolled so that these refugees cannot reach Egypt.”

96. “We come now to the most horrible of all the facts concerning the Arab refugees. The Arab nations do not want these people. They are kept caged like animals in suffering as a deliberate political weapon. In Gaza, to cite one example, the roads are mined and patrolled so that these refugees cannot reach Egypt.”

Leon Uris Quote: “I love Tom. I’ll never feel that way again.”

97. “I love Tom. I’ll never feel that way again.”

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