Jonathan Sacks Quotes

In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order.

Jonathan Sacks

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We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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There's nothing fun about stuff like estate planning, getting mammograms, or talking to a guy about long term disability insurance, but do it anyway. Trust me, the stress of not having done the above is prematurely aging.

Jen Lancaster

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The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a mention of that in a court decision would be forbidden by our friends on the right.

John Conyers

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We know that the most dangerous places in the world are more often than not the most dangerous places for women, where women are denied their rights and oppressed. These are the places that are unstable and where extremism often takes hold.

Melanne Verveer

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My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.

Max Lucado

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Each industry in a region should develop a playbook that expands and details the strategy and tactics of how to build a scalable startup.

Steve Blank

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Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.

Sue Monk Kidd

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I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

Russell Crowe

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As the plot of 'Condor' unfolds, you'll understand that nothing is sacred in the pharmacy world or in the behind-the-scenes workings of the CIA and FBI.

Mira Sorvino

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I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book.

Julia Glass

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I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.

Jason Priestley

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There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.

Jonathan Ive

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