Quote by Chaim Potok
I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divin

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage. – Chaim Potok

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And these two elements are at odds with one another because Freud is utterly adversary to almost all the ways of structuring the human experience found in Western religions. No Western religion can countenance Freuds view of man. – Chaim Potok

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Religion
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All of us grow up in particular realities – a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how were brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it. – Chaim Potok

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Family
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Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a universal without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere. – Chaim Potok

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Beauty
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The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan. – William Kirby

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I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because Id rather live my private life than read about it. – Brittany Murphy

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relationship

Well we have a good working relationship with Microsoft at the development level. But lets not kid ourselves, this is a company with enormous resources and talented people, and there is a certain pride that comes along with that for them and for us. – John W. Thompson

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relationship

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release. – Naveen Andrews

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If the October days were a cordial like the sub-acids of fruit, these are a tonic like the wine of iron. Drink deep or be careful how you taste this December vintage. The first sip may chill, but a full draught warms and invigorates. – John Burroughs, “Winter Sunshine,” 1875

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