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I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons cant be learnt in lecture halls. – Lionel Blue

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I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen. – Lionel Blue

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Experience
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During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. – Lionel Blue

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Home
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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

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Religion
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It is foolish to tear ones hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. – Woodrow Wilson

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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow. – Dirk Benedict

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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know. – James Earl Jones

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I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the 80s, where there wasnt texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. Im not well suited to the world of modern technology. – Matthew Rhys

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