Abraham Isaac Kook Quotes
I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.
Quotes to Explore
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.
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That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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As soon as it was clear, in Copenhagen in 2009, that the Senate was blocking Obama from introducing meaningful climate legislation, the push was for him to use executive authority, use the EPA, use the tool of federal leases, and there was just a refusal to do it.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.
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I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.
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It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to build friendships and relationships, which are integral to fighting crime. This takes time, effort, and patience on the part of police officers.
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You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
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The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.
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Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.
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We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars... Without stars they cannot work.
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You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role.
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The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.
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One third of the economy goes through 'QuickBooks' in terms of businesses invoicing other businesses. Each invoice contains a connection between vendors, suppliers, and customers, and also the price of that connection. Representing the payment graph is huge opportunity and something no other company can do.
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Wrongs done could not be righted, but at least they were not still being done.
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Europe in its infinite wisdom decided to deal with this bankruptcy by loading the largest loan in human history on the weakest of shoulders … What we’ve been having ever since is a kind of fiscal waterboarding that has turned this nation into a debt colony.
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I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.
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By the time you finish touring the record, everything that's exciting to me is what's ahead of me. I want to write the next paragraph.
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People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them.
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Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.
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I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.
