Jonathan Sacks Quotes
While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.
Quotes to Explore
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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I'd never even sung in the shower, I'm too mortified. But once I got over the initial fear it was kind of enjoyable. Sondheim's melodies and lyrics are a real pleasure to tromp around in, it's really beautiful stuff.
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You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very interesting riding anything else. But I still love horses; I just don't have one any more.
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.
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While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.
