"In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness."

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

Israel Shenker

#Stuff Quotes #Tradition Quotes #Devotion Quotes

“If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.”
“One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.”
“My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem.”

Source : "Liberal America's last stand" by John Sayles, www.theguardian.com. July 21, 2005.
“To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.”
“There's some mysterious process at work here, which I don't even want to understand.”
“I tell people all the time that without the fans, I've got nothing.”
“I’ve spent too many years explaining who and what I am repeatedly, so as of this moment I officially secede from both races. I plan to start my own separate nation. Because I am half Ojibway and half Caucasian, we will be called the Occasions. And of course, since I’m founding the new nation, I will be a Special Occasion.”

Source : Drew Hayden Taylor (1998). “Funny, You Don't Look Like One: Observations of a Blue-eyed Ojibway”, Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, l998.
“We live our lives for our life's sake, rather than for illusions about rewards and satisfaction after we're dead.”

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