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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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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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A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare – let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel. – Chaim Potok

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The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. – Louis Kronenberger

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I have a very bad relationship with mice. – Casey Affleck

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Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. – Patty Duke

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At this moment I do not have a personal relationship with a computer. – Janet Reno

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