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... many American Jews have a morbid tendency to exaggerate their handicaps and difficulties. ... There is no doubt that the Jew ... has to be twice as good as the average non- Jew to succeed in many a field of endeavor. But to dwell upon these injustices to the point of self-pity is to weaken the personality unnecessarily. Every human being has handicaps of one sort or another. The brave individual accepts them and by accepting conquers them. - Agnes E. Meyer
Attribution: Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970), U.S. journalist. Out of These Roots, ch. 7 (1953). Meyer, a Christian, was married to a Jew.

Categories: Anti-Semitism, Journalist, Judaism And Jewish People, Success

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