Bruce Feiler Quotes

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• Moses is our true founding father. Father
• Religion is increasingly a woman's domain in America. America
• The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet. Bottom
• The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story. Big
• There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope. American
• Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives. Dinner
• Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive. Book
• I'd say my best memory was climbing Mt. Fuji, and the worst memory was... trying to fit my feet into the free giveaway slippers at… Best
• I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual… Connection
• One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces… Aligned
• The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps. Elevate
• Tired of nagging your kids to hurry up, get dressed, drink their milk and brush their teeth? Here's a radical idea: Don't. Brush
• Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause. Behold
• The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to bounce… Ability
• Even Superman's name reflects his creators' biblical knowledge. Bible
• Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god. Clearly
• Cancer is a passport to intimacy. It is an invitation, maybe even a mandate, to enter the most vital arenas of human life, the most… Arena
• The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science,… Capitalism
• I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about learning… Act
• Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing… Abraham

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