Lionel Blue Quotes

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.

Lionel Blue

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 6, 1930 - December 19, 2016

Topics

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In wartime, you were just used to not having anything.

Jimmy Savile

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I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet.

Andie MacDowell

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The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina was Inna Zubkovskaya. The place was the old Met, on what must have been one of the hottest nights of the year, and there was no air-conditioning.

Robert Gottlieb

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For several years at the University of Virginia, students had an annual tradition of raising hell around campus, burning tar barrels and shooting pistols into the air.

Matthew Pearl

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Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

Michael F. Easley

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I may not understand it or accept it, but the world is changing.

John Rowland

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Rick Rubin eats no cheese.

Stephen Rodrick

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When fathers come home after a tough day at work, they should come home to serve, like my father did, teaching lessons around the dinner table and leading the family in worship and prayer.

Tony Evans

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What inspired me to work so hard and to maintain my determination was seeing my mother. She was an immigrant and was struggling in America to make it by; that inspired me to work hard.

Michelle Phan

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I love as you come into Paris, you've got the Arch de Triomphe and all that crazy traffic. Then I love the drive from Paris down to Antibes and you veer off east in through the Alps and you come into the south of France on the mountain road as opposed to the freeway.

Luke Goss

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I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true.

Claire Danes

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I didn't know a single person who had ever been there. I wasn't even sure how to spell Chechnya.

Anthony Marra

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