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The Street Sweeper
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"The Street Sweeper" Quotes

A Holocaust survivor and a hospital janitor form an unlikely friendship as they confront their pasts and the injustices of the world.

Quotes

The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong.

Elliot Perlman

philosophybelonging

We do not choose where we are born, but we do choose as we grow older and gain understanding.

Elliot Perlman

choicedestiny

History is not just the past. History is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history.

Elliot Perlman

historyidentity

The only way to free yourself is to forgive.

Elliot Perlman

forgivenessfreedom

To be human is to be able to see the human in others.

Elliot Perlman

humanityempathy

Sometimes the best way to resist is to live.

Elliot Perlman

resiliencepersistence

The purpose of life is to give life a purpose.

Elliot Perlman

purposemeaning

Change begins with the individual, but it does not end there.

Elliot Perlman

changesociety

In the end, we are all just fragments of the same whole.

Elliot Perlman

unityconnection

The scars of history are written on the hearts of those who lived it.

Elliot Perlman

historytrauma