Lionel Blue Quotes
An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.
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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
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I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques.
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Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.
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Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
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I love Parisian hotels. I usually stay in either Le Bristol, which is gorgeous, or Hotel Paris Rivoli, which is very French and feels like a step back in time. I also love the luxury of Waldorf Astoria hotels.
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You know, I like to think that I'm a really strong, tough person, but I'm not. I'm a very, very needy person. I'm very insecure. I'm very impressionable.
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There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.
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So long as the product is sold, everything is taking its regular course from the standpoint of the capitalist producer.
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Let's go!
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We have to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. ... How are we going to do it? We're going to do it by having the wealthy pay their fair share and close the corporate loopholes.
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I have candy around my bed. I just kinda like reach over and eat it and then go back to sleep, no problem.
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No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life.
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An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so!
