"I know I would have learned a huge amount had I read the Bible with my rabbi. But I also would have missed a huge amount, and I would have been guided down the narrow paths where the rabbi led me, not the paths that I chose for myself."

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Source : "Slate: David Plotz Discusses 'Good Book' and What He Learned Blogging the Bible". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. March 4, 2009.

David Plotz

#Path Quotes #Rabbi Quotes

“Only that which is well done is quickly done.”
“They tell you that a tree is only a combination of chemical elements. I prefer to believe that God created it, and that it is inhabited by a nymph.”
“Iâ€™m not sad about any of my life. Itâ€™s so unconventional. It doesnâ€™t look anything like I thought it would.”
“This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.”

Source : Amanda Hocking (2010). “Hollowland”
“The only city people are those born so.”
“Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.”
“I think we get the world we deserve. People who love get love back, and people who hate, or fear, they get those back too.”

Source : Jeri Smith-Ready (2014). “This Side of Salvation”, p.287, Simon and Schuster
“No - not other than making a record that I was satisfied with. That’s usually my only goal - to make it good enough to hopefully put out there. I just tried to finish what I started, as far as my ideas for the record. Hopefully I was able to do it.”

Source : "Wovenhand". Interview with Matt Fink, www.undertheradarmag.com. October 1, 2006.

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