Quote by Chaim Potok
But today we become aware of other readings of the human experienc

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet. – Chaim Potok

Other quotes by Chaim Potok

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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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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relationship
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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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alone
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Yeah. Ive been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place. – Ben E. King

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Travel

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes “sight-seeing.” – Daniel J. Boorstin

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Travel

I sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people. – Robert Runcie

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Travel

Air travel is the safest form of travel aside from walking even then, the chances of being hit by a public bus at 30,000 feet are remarkably slim. I also have no problem with confined spaces. Or heights. What I am afraid of is speed. – Sloane Crosley

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Travel

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People who rely most on God rely least on themselves. – Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

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Religion

Its not like I had big dreams to go to California and become an actor. I loved doing my shows at school and community theater, and I probably would have settled in New York because it was closer. I was going to go to NYU. – Christine Taylor

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Dreams

Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers. – Roh Moo-hyun

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Future

The love of evil is the root of all money. – Proverb

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Evil