Louis Finkelstein Quotes
For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties.
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
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People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
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The delights of self-discovery are always available.
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There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks.
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If women ran the world, we'd still be searching for the wheel.
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You don't decide what your purpose is in life you discover it. Your purpose is your reason for living.
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They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.
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I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.
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For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties.
