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Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
—Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a…
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Meir Basri
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Baghdad, Iraq
Date:
1955
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Mel: I’m not having an anxiety attack. I’m a little tense.
Edna:Why don’t you take a Valium?
Mel: I took one.
Edna:Then take another one.
Mel: I took another one. They don’t work any more. [He…
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Neil Simon
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1970
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One day, Elijah the Prophet was walking down the road. It was a bright, sunny day. Tree branches blew softly in the wind, and small birds chirped around his head. As he walked, he began to think about…
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Nina Jaffe
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1997
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To one who honors you, Lord, be just,
And may my sonorous work be blessed.
Dear lord, by your will be it wrought
That out of nothing comes a new Thought.
Let it be pure, proud, faithful…
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Catulle Mendès
Places:
Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1900
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What makes a book like this more than just a collection of excerpts, strung together interchangeably? What makes it a book? If I were to say it had been a matter of selection, who would venture to…
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S. Y. Agnon
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1959
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The sunset lit up the sky, splashing the drab tenements with gold, bringing memories of Sabbath candles and the smell of gefüllte fish. When I had lived on Hester Street, I would…
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Anzia Yezierska
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1950
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No, Anton Wanzl was not good. He lacked love, he lacked heart. He did only what he thought was clever and sensible. He gave no love and asked for none. He never needed any affection, any tenderness…
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Joseph Roth
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Vienna, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1916
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And you’re dead. And you’ve not yet been covered by the ground;
Far through a thousand streets like horses galloping round,
Young and old newsboys spread, rushing about their business,
Hawking papers…
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Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1915
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Biff:People are worse off than Willy Loman. Believe me. I’ve seen them!
Linda:Then make Charley your father, Biff. You can’t do that, can you? I don’t say he’s a great man. Willy Loman never…
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Arthur Miller
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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[ . . . ] The sofer’s work is poorly compensated. There is an old proverb about how the soferim never grow wealthy in the land of Israel. I don’t know who gave birth to that pearl detached from the…
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David Schornstein
Places:
Paris, French Empire
(Paris, France)
Date:
1864