Memorable Quotes from Oded Teomi
2 quotesIdentity and Heritage in Conversation
Avner
I was born in Israel. I'm not a Yekke.
Mossad Accountant
Where was your grandpa from?
Avner
Frankfurt.
Mossad Accountant
You're a Yekke!
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Negotiating Values and Trust in Conflict
Golda Meir
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
Papa
The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong but time and chance happens to them all. Evil falls suddenly, who can say when it falls?
Mossad Accountant
In the operational funds box we will deposit 250,000 American dollars. You take it out - we put more in. I want receipts! You are not working for the Baron Rothschild; you're working for Israel, a small country! I'm an old Galicianer from a mud hut in the Ukraine, and I don't trust Yekke putzes let loose in Europe with unlimited operational expenses!
[he emphatically slams his hand on his desk]
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