Jonathan Sacks Quotes
A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.
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It's not enough to just mildly want what you want. You must wildly want what you want. Nobody ever got their greatest wishes by being wishy-washy. You need to put extreme energy into your power of intention to win what you wanna win.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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Smell can conjure up memories for me stronger than any other sense. Especially childhood memories. Perhaps because you were that much shorter and therefore closer to the ground and its smells.
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Golf is so selfish - it's so much about how do we get better and get to the next level.
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Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.
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A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.
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A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.
