Jonathan Sacks Quotes
Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.
Quotes to Explore
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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Looking back, I can see that the women I loved, at least early on, were status symbols. I suppose, in that sense, I was my mother's true disciple. She'd taught me that a good man, though elusive, could transform one's whole life once he was caught.
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E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.
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I was a dyslexic kid.
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A 'Cosmo' cover has been my dream my entire life. I cried when I found out.
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I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.
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I have a very strong belief in God.
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I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words.
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I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
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My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.
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People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.
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The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction
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Let the moon shine on the in thy solitary walk; and let the misty mountain-winds be free to blow against thee.
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A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make their way into his imagination, and relax his muscles in the very moments when he is telling himself over again the reasons for his vow.
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A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.
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I don't do things I can't win.
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Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.
