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Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

Chaim Potok

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

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About Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than a dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3.4 million copies, and was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
Potok was a member of the executive committee of the Writers and Artists for Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Israel group.