Bel Kaufman Quotes
To quote a noted Jewish humorist, Sholom Aleichem: “First comes health. You can always hang yourself later."
Quotes to Explore
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
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Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.
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Old houses were scaffolding once and workmen whistling.
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Montreal is a great town. There's equal parts blue-collar town.
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I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there.
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With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.
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The desire to collect information on customers is not new for Target or any other large retailer, of course. For decades, Target has collected vast amounts of data on every person who regularly walks into one of its stores.
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The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity!
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I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.
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Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.
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The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them.
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It has never been recommended to confuse 'loving' with 'seeking to please'… ...Salome pleased Herod's guests; I can hardly believe she was burning with love for them. As for poor John the Baptist... ...she certainly did not envelop him in her love.
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I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic.
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To quote a noted Jewish humorist, Sholom Aleichem: “First comes health. You can always hang yourself later."
