Jacob Epstein Quotes
I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
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AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
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The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
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I do hope that 'Interstellar' and this kind of science in film will catch the public fancy and help to reignite an interest in science - and a respect for the power of science in dealing with the problems that society has to deal with.
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Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
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The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy.
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I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
