"A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not."

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Source : "The Jewish community could not exist for a day without its volunteers" by Jonathan Sacks, rabbisacks.org. October 29, 2012.

Jonathan Sacks

“One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.”
“Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art.”
“It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny.”

Source : "Michael Pena Interview the Lincoln Lawyer; Updates on Tower Heist and 30 Minutes or Less". Press Day Interview, collider.com. March 17, 2011.
“She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too.”
“The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.”
“It's the Roman numeral for 10. 5/5/89 is my birthday: 5 plus 5 is 10, and this is my tenth year since I got into music. 'X' is the 24th letter in the alphabet, and I will turn 24 when this album comes out. 'X' is also a metaphor, as in 'ex-girlfriend': it implies you're progressing and moving on in life, not holding on to the past and your old ways.”
“I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.”
“The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico.”

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