"Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it."

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Source : Solomon Schechter (1970). “Studies in Judaism: Essays on Persons, Concepts, and Movements of Thought in Jewish Tradition”

Solomon Schechter

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“I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.”
“People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.”
“There's something incredibly liberating about a holiday that encourages children to take candy from strangers”

Source : Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.30, Algonquin Books
“Ash should take the ladies, because he's charming." Ash looked pleased. Jared raised his eyebrows. "Are you saying that I'm not a charmer?" "You are very dear to me, but you have all the savoir faire of a wildebeest," Kami told him. "A wildebeest," Jared repeated. "A dashingly handsome wildebeest," Kami assured him.”
“The game was easy for me as a kid. I had to play a while to find out how hard it is.”
“Manhandling the open here spout on a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to using the illegal side.”
“I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations.”
“One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions crippling enough to prevent them living normal lives.”

Source : "It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.

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