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When a relationship gets hijacked by personal agendas, it can't be holy. (Liat Mayerfeld)

"Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work."

— Chuck Close, artist

Asking the same question in four different ways is soooo Jewish!!!

What's matzah got to do with it?!

WHAT IS WITH THOSE SACRIFIES?!? 

"There's a lot of blood, sweat and guts between dreams and success" (Bear Bryant)

We are all born with blood and guts, but it is up to us to decide how we will use them.(Kathy Acker)

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." (Winston Churchill)

Are you free.... Follow the rhythm of your soul.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?!?

Late night sweet nothings are really something!

"Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance." Yves St Laurent

"The way we dress affects the way we think, the way we feel, the way we act, and the way others react to us. Dressing well is a form of good manners." Tom Ford

"Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you." Ralph Lauren

"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contact is so quick. Fashion is instant language." Miuccia Prada

"Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman." Coco Chanel

"The main question isn't how the world was created, but what we choose to do with it." (Nechama Lebovitz)

"Don't avoid sin because you are too righteous— avoid sin because you are too busy"  (Kotsker Rebbe)

Why do we need so many commandments?!?

What does it mean to be 'The Chosen Nation'?!??

"Just keep swimming..." (Dory)

Have you heard about the restaurant on the moon? Great food but no atmosphere. 

How do you know when the moon is going broke? Its down to it's last quarter. 

What do you call a crazy clock on the moon? A lunartick.

Always old, sometimes new. Never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full. Never pushes, always pulls.

The moon.

BothAnd - making space for multiple emotions

"Courage is grace under pressure" - Ernest Hemingway

The only skill you need to write the next chapter is authenticity. 

I intend to live forever. So far, so good!

"clothing was invented to cover the superficial and discover personal truths"

OPPORTUNITY www.kii-nyc/donate

" The only way out - is through" (Rochel Goldbaum)

How to shine brightly and influence people

The past is the mother of the future.

The eyes are the window to the soul

In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn - and fairy tales come true. (Walt Disney)

There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'(will.i.am)

Chivalry isn't dead. It's just no longer gender-based.(Letitia Baldrigeam)

Does Gd care if I order steak or salad? Is being vegetarian ideal?

Forbidden fruit tastes sweet, but its aftertaste is bitter. (John F. Kennedy)

I can resist everything except temptation. (Oscar Wilde)

In their death they commanded us "live!"

The righteous in their death are considered living.

"Most people die with their music still locked up inside them." (Benjamin Disraeli)

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent" (Victor Hugo)

" There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres" (Pythagoras)

" I'm getting old and maybe not feeling so great, but the alternative is much worse!" (Mama)

" There are two great days in a person's life—the day we are born and the day we discover why."

"The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter," "There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis" (Malcolm Gladwell)

"I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't You choose someone else?" (Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof)

"If you hate a person, then you're defeated by them" (Confucius) "If you hate any person, you hate Gd, who created man in His image." (Midrash)

We will walk again. We will dance again! (Am Yisrael Chai)

"I can't stand people that do not take food seriously."

"When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins."

Oscar Wilde

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." (Oscar Wilde)

"You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." (Oscar Wilde)

Life teaches us how to love and how to pray. 

"The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it" (Oscar Wilde)

" He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives." (Oscar Wilde)

History is the futures diamond in the rough

 "Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets."

" Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices."

(Oscar Wilde)

National travels reflect our own personal journeys. 

"Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life." (Oscar Wilde)

" Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." (Oscar Wilde)

Our commitments to ourselves and to others should be sacred. 

"Women when they love give everything." 

" The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life."

" Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood."

(Oscar Wilde)

The fabulous five who changed halacha and history. 

 "The optimist see the donut, the pessimist sees the hole" (Oscar Wilde)

Two people receive the same gift- for one it is a blessing, for the other a curse. 

"One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything." (Oscar Wilde)

Who do we trust?

Who do we love? 

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. (Oscar Wilde)

Truth v Power - what is the basis of a good argument?? 

"The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure." (Oscar Wilde)

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering. (Oscar Wilde)

Complaining that there is nothing to complain about ... 

"We look for the blessings and anticipate them, until we find them" (Oscar Wilde) 

Can someone else siphon Gd's blessings to you? 

How an archeological find connects us all beyond time. 

Blessings found in the depths of the earth and in the depths of ourselves. 

"Those who see any difference between body and soul, have neither" (Oscar Wilde)

Hopefully you never have a chance to see a loved one reincarnated... 

" In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you." (Oscar Wilde)

" Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine." (Oscar Wilde)

"Who being loved, is poor?!" (Oscar Wilde)

With all the reasons not to - who gives and more importantly, how?!..."

"Love is a game that two can play and both win."(Eva Gabor)

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." (Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie)

Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."(Karl Menninger)

Charity is more than meets the eye. Giving and receiving build character. Justice and kindness build society. 

" I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them." (Oscar Wilde) 

Hugs and kisses , both actual and conceptual are needed in a relationship.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." (Oscar Wilde)

How are we supposed to connect with Gd? 

"I appreciate everyone in my life - some are blessings and some are lessons" (Oscar Wilde, maybe)

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