Jonathan Sacks Quotes
Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life - on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state - must be cast in the language of human rights.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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Because of the nature of my background in modeling, I'm really used to using the best products around. And I just wanted to offer the same sort of high quality products to my customers. I think they deserve it.
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America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but also because the church doesn't play the same role that it once did in many Americans' lives.
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I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.
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To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.
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Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life - on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state - must be cast in the language of human rights.
