Maimonides Quotes
The Torah sage ... does not encroach upon another's occupation, nor does he ever cause someone discomfort. The rule is that he should be among the pursued and not the pursuers, among those who accept humiliation but not among those who humiliate others.
Quotes to Explore
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Taxes suck. They really stink.
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International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.
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No press, no television. If my mom calls and says, 'Did you hear about?' I don't want to know nothing about anything that is going on in relation to music. I shut it all off.
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I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.
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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
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I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.
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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
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The vast majority of free verse is ghastly. Utterly ghastly. No one reads it. No one listens to it.
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The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.
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As fathers, we all have great lessons to teach our children.
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I told her it was a bigger than life musical, that all the actors were going to be about the same age, late twenties into thirties. It would be a style; a kind of surreal high school.
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When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
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One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.
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Everyone still thinks I'm Scottish - that's totally wicked.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.
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As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.
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It's funny because ever since 'American Idol,' people look at me without makeup and think I'm 15 years old - they think I'm really young and quiet and shy, and that I've never been in a relationship and have never been in love or anything.
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You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.
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Usually, I take a hike for a while after submitting a column to Townhall. Too much of my insensitivity can cause emotional problems among proggies, and I am, after all, a compassionate man.
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When it comes to heartbreaks and disappointments, I often have to be more or less done with them to be able to write about them. Then you might ask why I would write about them at all, but I think I owe it to the Jens of the past.
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We did it with their government’s foreknowledge and permission, of course-and there were no civilian casualties, equally of course. Once they’re dead they’re rebels.
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Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims.
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The Torah sage ... does not encroach upon another's occupation, nor does he ever cause someone discomfort. The rule is that he should be among the pursued and not the pursuers, among those who accept humiliation but not among those who humiliate others.
