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I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin. Norman Lamm

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However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science. Norman Lamm

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I think our vision heretofore has been and should continue to be to have Cardozo be the kind of law school that we can be proud of. I would like to see it gain recognition as one of the three best law schools in New York City. Norman Lamm

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I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly. Norman Lamm

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As far as YU faculty and students are concerned, the love for Israel is very strong. Probably about three thousand of our graduates have settled in Israel. On average, every year 650 male and female students study in Israel for a minimum of one year. Norman Lamm

Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university. Norman Lamm

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Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate. Norman Ornstein

Government is inevitably going to play a very significant role in infrastructure, and in a country with a federal system where vibrancy and economic health depend on interstate commerce, it's not going to be private enterprise or state governments that will give you things like an interstate highway system. Norman Ornstein

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Inner-life questions are the kind everyone asks, with or without benefit of God-talk: 'Does my life have meaning and purpose?' 'Do I have gifts that the world wants and needs?' 'Whom and what shall I serve?' 'Whom and what can I trust?' 'How can I rise above my fears?' Parker Palmer

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Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately. Parker Palmer

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I think there's a lot of anesthesia being - that's been pumped into American culture, the mass media television, various forms of entertainment, and the illusion of wealth that we now understand to be an illusion as well as the illusion that America is a world power. Parker Palmer

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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.' Parker Palmer

What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control, rendering us passive with an analysis that overwhelms and paralyzes us. Parker Palmer

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We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport. Parker Palmer

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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement. Patricia Hill Collins

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Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people. Patricia Hill Collins

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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times. Patricia Reilly Giff

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If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend. Patricia Reilly Giff

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Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life. Patricia Reilly Giff

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Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book. Patricia Reilly Giff

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What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.' Patricia Reilly Giff

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