Jonathan Sacks Quotes
God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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One who is persistent will excel.
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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.
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I would think flying would be pretty cool. You would be able to fly away from all your enemies and get where you're going much faster. But being invisible? You probably wouldn't use that for the good of man.
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God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot.
