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The Jewish state has so much to teach diaspora Jews about resilience, innovation, energy, and optimism. ”
Israel's highest aspiration may be to be a light among the nations, but it is also a normal nation, where regular people want to go about their business without a religious authority having a say. ”
I'd venture a bet that no American hates 'Prairie Home Companion' more than I do. ”
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive. ”
That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life. ”
I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music. ”
The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film. ”
Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people. ”
Body experience... is the centre of creation. ”
That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose. ”