Jonathan Sacks Quotes
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
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When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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All religions throughout history have been concerned about - and have sometimes fought over - what it means to represent God, and they have found elegant, intriguing, and awkward ways to confront that dilemma.
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I don't have muscle tone. I'm just flab. I'm not a daredevil. I don't like pain, I don't like cold, I don't want to feel exhausted. But the sense of accomplishment is something I've never felt before, in a physical sense.
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To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley Thompson is very special. One day, I'm going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand, and thank him for giving me something to chase after.
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I'm not the person who looks back or looks forward. I try to live in what is now.
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Film and the other creative industries are being transformed by digital technologies.
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Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.
