Ovadia Yosef Quotes

It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on law with an emphasis on what is permitted.

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• Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

  

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• Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.

  

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• Where love is, there God is also.

  

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• Events tend to recur in cycles.

  

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• Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet.

  

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• One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.

  

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• When I fly to European destinations, I always fly economy; I don't fly business class - there is no advantage apart from a few more inches of room.

  

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• It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on law with an emphasis on what is permitted.

  

  Ovadia Yosef
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