"And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting an example - proving that it is acceptable to be alone in a public place where everyone else is in groups, and to just be sitting there eating, not having to be engrossed in anything else."

-- Anneli Rufus

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“I don't know if I'll ever do it again or not, but frankly I don't really care.”
“Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.”
“I attempt to be who I am and it's fun. At the same time, growing up doing what I'm doing can be a little crazy.”
“The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book." There is surely something to that. But it wasn't just the children of rabbis who went to law school. It was the children of garment workers. And their critical advantage in climbing the professional ladder wasn't the intellectual rigor you get from studying the Talmud. It was the practical intelligence and savvy you get from watching your father sell aprons on Hester Street.”
“You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt”
“Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading.”
“The last days are not for the faint of heart or the spiritually out of shape.”
“Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight.”

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