Felix Adler Quotes

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.

Felix Adler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 13, 1851 - April 24, 1933

Topics

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No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

Jim Wallis

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I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.

Jeremy Renner

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At the decisive Boston town meeting of Nov. 29, 1773, while ships loaded with cargo from the East India Company idled in the harbor, Thomas Young was the first and only speaker to propose that the best way to protest the new Tea Act was to dump the tea into the water.

Matthew Stewart

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We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human.

Michael C. Burgess

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I think novels are profoundly autobiographical. If writers deny that, they are lying. Or if it's really true, then I think it's a mistake.

Amity Gaige

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There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the ballpark rises to its feet and cheers. But, I also remember how much fun I had as a skinny barefoot kid hitting a tennis ball with a broomstick on a quiet, dusty street in Panama.

Rod Carew

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The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.

Michelle Gagnon

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I have lived difficult moments, but it's in times like those that you learn the most.

Michy Batshuayi

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Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.

Jason Reitman

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I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

Christopher Guest

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I'd never seen Rigondeaux's face without it being obscured by headgear or a photograph of Fidel he was holding up after winning a tournament. Finally I saw him, only to recognize the saddest face I'd ever seen in Cuba.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

Anthony Edwards

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