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Notable Quotes The Jewish Home | OCTOBER 29, 2015
I went from being A-list celebrity, I was going to all the fashion shows, all the Met galas, all the operas, all the Broadway shows, I was on David Letterman, I was on Father Jimmy Kimmel, I was all over. But Israel Daughterwas just pulling at me. … It was definitely an Mother experience for me, a humbling experience. Son I truly had to humble myself completely, - Among the words that the Democrat-led House of to go from this top-level situation to more Representatives has banned in its chamber because they are of a downgrade, but for the sake of Torah. not gender neutral So that was the idea and why I made that decision. This is stupid. Signed, - A father, son, and - Amar’e Stoudemire during a recent Zoom call organized brother. by the UJA Federation of New York, as reported by JTA - Tweet by Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), in response to the craziness
With 3,000 Americans dying every day, It absolutely does the very opposite of that what are the president and a big chunk of and it’s the height of hypocrisy for people Congressional Republicans focused on? who claim to be the champions of rights Undermining the results of the election, for women to deny the very biological Senator Kamala Harris started her life’s work young. She laughs essentially a bloodless coup. existence of women from her gut, the way you would with family, as she remembers My team needs a clear picture of our force posture around the - Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)– Jake Tapper of CNN, which spent years spreading the being wheeled through an Oakland, California, civil rights march world and our operations to deter our enemies. We need full Russian Hoax in a stroller with no straps with her parents and her uncle. At some visibility into the budget planning underway at the Defense Their first act as this new congress could point, she fell from the stroller (few safety regulations existed for Department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of have been to make sure that elderly children’s equipment back then), and the adults, caught up in the confusion or catch up that our adversaries may try to exploit. But as Americans are able to get the COVID This was something far worse than rapture of protest, just kept on marching. By the time they noticed I said from the beginning, we have encountered roadblocks from vaccine now alongside frontline healthcare occurred in Watergate. little Kamala was gone and doubled back, she was understandably the political leadership at the Department of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget. Right now, we just aren’t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. It’s nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility. - Joe Biden, in a press conference last week The Department of Defense has conducted 164 interviews with workers, elderly Americans who have the highest mortality rates from this virus, but instead of doing something that could actually help save people’s lives, they’re choosing instead to say, well, you can’t say mother or father in any of this congressional language. It’s astounding. - Ibid. - Journalist Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame, claiming that a phone call that Pres. Trump had with the Sec. of State of Georgia was worse than Watergate, adding to the dozens of other times that he made that same claim about any number of Trump’s actions There is a growing body of evidence that the lab is likely the most credible source of the virus. upset. “My mother tells the story about how I’m fussing,” Harris says, “and she’s like, ‘Baby, what do you want? What do you need?’ And I just looked at her and I said, ‘Fweedom.’” - From a recent profile about Kamala Harris, in a noted magazine I never will forget a moment in Birmingham when a white policeman accosted a little Negro girl, seven or eight years old, who was walking in a demonstration with her mother. “What do you over 400 officials, and provided over 5,000 pages of documents - U.S. national security adviser Matthew Pottinger positing want?” the policeman asked her gruffly, and the little girl looked him – far more than initially requested by Biden’s transition team. As a standup comic, I can tell you, my that coronavirus came from a lab in China straight in the eye and answered, “Fee-dom.” DOD’s efforts already surpass those of recent administrations with entire life is concentration fatigue. Whether - From a 1965 interview of Martin Luther King, Jr. over three weeks to go, and we continue to schedule additional meetings for the remainder of the transition and answer any and all requests for information in our purview. – Statement by Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller in response it’s writing or performing, my brain and my body, which is the same thing, are constantly hitting the wall. And if you have [Transcendental Meditation] in your hip pocket, you’re Columbus with a compass. I’m willing to take it but I’m not the priority... Granted I’m an elected official but whoop dee doo. At the end of the day, let’s focus on where the risk is. - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis when asked whether he will Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor? - Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tweeting a response to Walmart after its official Twitter account get the Covid vaccine - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld talking about Transcendental called him a “sore loser” for questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election Meditation during a recent episode of the podcast, “The Tim Ferriss Show.”
I went from being A-list celebrity, I was going to all the fashion shows, all the Met galas, all the operas, all the Broadway shows, I was on David Letterman, I was on Jimmy Kimmel, I was all over. But Israel was just pulling at me. … It was definitely an experience for me, a humbling experience. I truly had to humble myself completely, to go from this top-level situation to more of a downgrade, but for the sake of Torah. So that was the idea and why I made that decision.
- Amar’e Stoudemire during a recent Zoom call organized by the UJA Federation of New York, as reported by JTA
With 3,000 Americans dying every day, what are the president and a big chunk of Congressional Republicans focused on? Undermining the results of the election, essentially a bloodless coup.
– Jake Tapper of CNN, which spent years spreading the Russian Hoax
- Journalist Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame, claiming that a phone call that Pres. Trump had with the Sec. of State of Georgia was worse than Watergate, adding to the dozens of other times that he made that same claim about any number of Trump’s actions
- U.S. national security adviser Matthew Pottinger positing that coronavirus came from a lab in China
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis when asked whether he will get the Covid vaccine
So here’s the thing about uprooting systemic racism: one, it’s everywhere. It’s almost like the air we breathe.
Senator Kamala Harris started her life’s work young. She laughs from her gut, the way you would with family, as she remembers being wheeled through an Oakland, California, civil rights march in a stroller with no straps with her parents and her uncle. At some point, she fell from the stroller (few safety regulations existed for children’s equipment back then), and the adults, caught up in the rapture of protest, just kept on marching. By the time they noticed little Kamala was gone and doubled back, she was understandably upset. “My mother tells the story about how I’m fussing,” Harris says, “and she’s like, ‘Baby, what do you want? What do you need?’ And I just looked at her and I said, ‘Fweedom.’”
- From a recent profile about Kamala Harris, in a noted magazine
I never will forget a moment in Birmingham when a white policeman accosted a little Negro girl, seven or eight years old, who was walking in a demonstration with her mother. “What do you want?” the policeman asked her gruffly, and the little girl looked him straight in the eye and answered, “Fee-dom.”
- From a 1965 interview of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tweeting a response to Walmart after its official Twitter account called him a “sore loser” for questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election
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