Ephraim Mirvis Quotes
The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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You never want to sound bitter about critics, because they're entitled to do their job, too, but I place much more trust in a person who I can look in the eye and someone who I know I share some kind of taste with - so my friends, for instance. For me, a critic is unknown and therefore irrelevant.
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The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas, film sets are not conducive to long rehearsals, and it is difficult to pick up the emotions amidst all that is going on around you.
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I like having curves - I'm proud of them!
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The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud.
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One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact that everyone knows. We can't eliminate the deficit without raising some revenue... They're wusses.
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All men were alien one to another, at times, not only aliens.
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We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel....Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.
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In contrast to 50 years ago, few licensed humanists today embrace any view of the humanities that could in fact justify making them the centerpiece of a college curriculum.
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Every piece of music is not for everybody.
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I'm extremely proud I'm an Asian female and I'm on television, because there aren't many of us.
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Just after I entered my teens I suddenly entertained an insatiable enthusiasm for the delightful habit of criticizing others.
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
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When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.
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The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din.
