Fred Melamed Quotes
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.
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On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
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I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
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I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old.
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The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.
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No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.
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Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.
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When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there.
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The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.
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I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences...
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Of all the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable.
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To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.
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High and eternal things have little weight with the youth.
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The absurd man is he who never changes.
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I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me.
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I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.
