"Perhaps the most remarkable thing I found about the Bible was how flexible it is. Here we have a book written 3,000 years ago, with bizarre stories, peculiar laws, erratic deity, and yet we are able - through argument, selective reading, and desire - to find a powerful framework of laws and moral reasoning that have built a very successful society. So this Bible, for all its oddities and flaws, serves us beautifully after all these years."

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Source : "Biblically Speaking". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.slate.com. March 4, 2009.

David Plotz

#Powerful Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“I think with a comedian, when you get to the point of a greatest hits, it's kind of an acknowledgment that you've been doing stand-up a long time, which not very many people do.”
“Museums just seem to have this borrowed cachetâ€”if I want to seem cultural, I will design something cultural. I resist the idea that culture is only opera houses or theatres. Culture is your entire life around you: toilets, the bus, the kerb or the dump where you drag your waste. Culture has come to mean the arts, but itâ€™s swimming pools as well.”
“Going on the road for long stretches can seem daunting, and I certainly miss being home sometimes, but the chance to see so many different cities, let alone perform in them, is something I am really grateful for.”
“For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.”
“The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.”

Source : Hugh Maclennan (2009). “Two Solitudes”, p.119, New Canadian Library
“I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.”
“Enough experience will make you wise.”

Source : James R. Cook (1987). “The start-up entrepreneur: how you can succeed in building your own company into a major enterprise starting from scratch”, Harpercollins
“It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.”

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