Jason Robert Brown Quotes
In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss.
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The patriot subordinates himself to his State in order to raise it above all other States and thus, as it were, to find his personal sacrifice repaid with ample interest through the might and greatness of his fatherland.
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In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss.
