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A. J. Jacobs quote: "I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the..."

I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.

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Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three Stephen Covey
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar. Herman Melville
John D. Rockefeller quote: "Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see..."
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in. John D. Rockefeller
You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights. William Lloyd Garrison
I came from the country, and when I came to the city, I was ridin' high, you know. I was seeing more lights than I ever dreamed to shine in the world. 'Cos where I came from, there wasn't too many lights. Bugs made a lot of light, but after that there wasn't no lights. John Hunter
Matthew McGrory quote: "I think for something like law or medicine you really have to..."
I think for something like law or medicine you really have to love it and I didn't love it. Matthew McGrory
Grace is the first mouthful of each course - chewed and chewed until there's nothing left of it. And all the time you're chewing you pay attention to the flavour of the food, to it's consistency and temperature, to the pressures on your teeth and the feel of the muscles in your jaws. Aldous Huxley
We have a Conservative leader that believes in green taxes, that won't bring back grammar schools, that believes in continuing with total open-door migration from eastern Europe and refuses to give us a referendum on the EU. Nigel Farage
The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didn't think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it. Paul Bettany
If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country. Robert Greenwald
Ann Patchett quote: "In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he..."
In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can. Ann Patchett
It seemed like a matter of minutes when we began rolling in the foothills before Oakland and suddenly reached a height and saw stretched out ahead of us the fabulous white city of San Francisco on her eleven mystic hills with the blue Pacific and its advancing wall of potato-patch fog beyond, and smoke and goldenness in the late afternoon of time. Jack Kerouac
My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak. Elfriede Jelinek
Eric Lindros quote: "I had great representatives looking out for my best interests..."
I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents. Eric Lindros
Brigham Young quote: "Honest hearts produce honest actions."
Honest hearts produce honest actions. Brigham Young