"One rabbi compared wise men studying the law to children tossing a ball to one another: a first sage said the meaning was this, another said the meaning was that, one gave his opinion, another begged to differ."

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Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

Israel Shenker

#Wise Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Children Quotes

“So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.”
“All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but his own sensibilities for what he painted and how he painted it.”
“They [Didier Dubot ] approached me to do a collaboration and I just couldn't say no because I really loved the collaborations they did before.”

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“You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.”
“When I get old, I'm going to the old folks' home. I don't want to be one of those guys who's hanging around the house bothering the kids. But not just any old folks' home. I want the whole top floor.”
“Life is like the rungs on a ladder. The reason they are placed so close together is that we can learn to take baby steps and reach our destinations safely.”
“I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.”
“They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.”

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