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American is the crucible of God. It is the melting pot where all the races are fusing and reforming . . . these are the fires of God you've come to. . . . Into the crucible with you all. God is making the American.
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Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.
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You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.
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Everything changes but change.
~ Israel Zangwill Quote

No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.
~ Israel Zangwill Quote

America is God's crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!... The Real American has not yet arived. He is only in the crucible, Itell you - he will be the fusion of all races, the common superman.
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The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it.
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A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
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Let us start a new religion with one commandment, 'Enjoy thyself.
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The way Bernard Shaw believes in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so many people believe in no God at all
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New York is the great stone desert.
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No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.
~ Israel Zangwill Quote

In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.
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You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries.
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Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan - spoiled.
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