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Quote by Lionel Blue
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion.

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

Other quotes by Lionel Blue

The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. – Lionel Blue

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Christmas
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Lionel Blue
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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. – Lionel Blue

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Religion
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Lionel Blue
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I didnt want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didnt want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. – Lionel Blue

Category:
Fear
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Lionel Blue
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Religion
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I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think Im the same: On one hand, I pray on the other hand, I dont believe. I am constantly between the two. – Anjelica Huston

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Religion

Theres naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. – Lord Byron

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Religion

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men and his religion… was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society. – William Robertson Smith

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Religion

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action. – Albert Einstein

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Religion

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Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while youre at it. – Horace Greeley

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Journalism

Im a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. Its why Ive always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering. – Shay Mitchell

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cool

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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Conformity

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust. – Queen Elizabeth II

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Trust