men / beasts

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MY FAVORITE HOJA STORY
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It was common knowledge that in his youth Nasreddin Hoja made a comfortable living as a smuggler. So that whenever he crossed the border with his donkey (and he did so frequently) he was searched thoroughly by border guards, who found nothing. Years later, when one of these guards met the Hoja, he wanted to know what was it that he was smuggling. "Donkeys," replied the Hoja.

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Americans were defeated in Vietnam, but as far as I know no American ever called it a “moral victory.”
Moral victories are for perennial losers.
No one ever goes to war to prove the moral inferiority of his enemy.
#armenians

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HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY
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Zsa Zsa Gabor: “My dad told me, 'Anything worth having is worth waiting for,' so I waited until I was fifteen.”
At which point she fell for Atatürk. That's what I call a brilliant debut.

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my worst "insults" to armenians
are quotations from our literature.
we either believe our writers or our politicians. i prefer writers...

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BENExxxxTORS
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I once had the following conversation with one of
our publishers:
“I have had phone calls saying I should stop
publishing you,” he began.
“By whom?” I wanted to know.
“By Jack S. Avanakian,” he replied.
“You mean the same Jack S. Avanakian who happens
to be the personal secretary of one of our
national benefactors?”
“The very same.”
“Are you going to follow his instructions?”
“Of course not!”
But he did. Shortly thereafter he stopped
publishing me. What changed his mind? I have no
idea and he never explained. But I can’t help
remembering Brecht’s celebrated slogan: “Grub
first, then ethics.”
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If what we believe shapes our character, it would
be no exaggeration to say that very often faith
creates vandals & killers.

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Being Armenian is an abnormal condition. Being an
Armenian writer is compounding the felony.

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COMMENTS
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You tell me I repeat myself
because I have run out of new ideas,
and I say, what’s the use of new ideas
if nobody gives a damn about old ones?
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In some dictionaries, I am told,
the word “genocide” is listed
as a synonym of “victory.”
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During anti-Kurdish demonstrations in Istanbul,
some angry demonstrators were heard
shouting the slogan:
“We don’t want massacres. We demand genocide.”
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NOTES / COMMENTS
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Genocide is not an aberration
but the rule.
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If Turks are guilty of “red” genocide
we are guilty of its “white” variant.
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Our greatest blunder:
to believe in the fundamental decency
of the 1%.
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The 1% are swine
regardless of race, color, and creed.
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Everybody loves God
but no one can read His mind.
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You don’t believe what I say?
Get used to it.
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AND GOD CREATED
PREDATORS
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Why did He?
That’s a question for theologians.
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What’s theology?
The study of the Unknown and the Unknowable.
A harmless racket.
It has claimed millions of innocent lives.
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Our history was shaped by alien predators.
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