David Novak Quotes
A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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Actors can't retire. What would they do?
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.
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Strange – I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter!
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From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
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Nolan has the strangest affect on people. You know, I think there's something very sad and little boy about him, but at the same time the way he goes about everything is so awkward and obnoxious. He can never say the right thing, you know? And I think if he just didn't try so hard and calmed down, people might actually like him a bit more!
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When the children were very small, I worked in the morning only, and then gradually, as they spent full days at school, I could spend full days at work.
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I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community. Because if it isn't, then it's going to find itself essentially facing China all by itself, facing the Euro-Atlantic community all by itself.
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I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.
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A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt.
