Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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I love shopping, but I can't go out. I love going to restaurants and eating out with friends.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down.
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I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music.
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My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.
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He's amazing. He's a really dedicated father. I feel very blessed that every day I wake up and I live with my favourite people in the world, as well as my best friend.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
