To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you’re not aware of that when you’re a child, the whole tradition is lost. less than 1 minute read
When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, ‘Who are these people? Why should we watch them? less than 1 minute read
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. less than 1 minute read
The Jews’ greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We’re a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. less than 1 minute read
I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy. less than 1 minute read
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky. less than 1 minute read
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. less than 1 minute read
There’s no one place a virus goes to die - but that doesn’t make its demise any less a public health victory. Throughout human history, viral diseases have had their way with us, and for just as long, we have hunted them down and done our best to wipe them out. less than 1 minute read
No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book. less than 1 minute read
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. less than 1 minute read
