"If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission."

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Source : Deborah Feldman (2012). “Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

Deborah Feldman

#Dream Quotes #Mind Quotes #Guarantees Quotes

“You play Bach your way, and I’ll play him his way.”
“True friends are never forgotten, they live within our hearts and souls.... forever , and always , dancing on our stage of memories.”
“Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right.”
“The teacher you need is the person you're living with.”
“I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.”

Source : "Competitive to a Fault". Interview with Anthony Verde, www.menshealth.com. March 12, 2008.
“My favorite book is anything by Kurt Vonnegut - he's my literary hero. I got to meet him several times, which was a great thrill for me. I don't really remember what we talked about.”
“Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into our Europe. Enthusiasts have purveyed it, careerists have pretended to accept it, imbeciles have believed it.”
“All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.”

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