"Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods."

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Source : "How Liberalism Destroyed the American Jew" by David Harsanyi, www.realclearpolitics.com. October 10, 2013.

David Harsanyi

#People Quotes #Old Testament Quotes #Peril Quotes

“Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations, of occurrences minute and irregular and seldom met with, which it always proves more easy to ignore than to attend to.”
“There are songs that come free from the blue-eyed grass, from the dust of a thousand country roads. This is one of them.”

Source : Robert James Waller (2013). “The Bridges Of Madison County”, p.7, Random House
“Every death even the cruelest death drowns in the total indifference of Nature Nature herself would watch unmoved if we destroyed the entire human race I hate Nature this passionless spectator this unbreakable iceberg-face that can bear everything this goads us to greater and greater acts”
“I appreciate having been promoted for merit, on merit. And then bringing to bear whatever those extra special characteristics that all of us have.”
“All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.”
“The Talker needs attention. The Talker needs validation. The Talker would rather talk about an idea than confront the complexities, its obstacles. The Talker wants the glory but none of the hard work.”

Source : Jack Heffron (2012). “The Writer's Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays”, p.13, Writer's Digest Books
“The approach to "building" a story with words and phrases is no different than "building" a painting with brushes and pigments.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Honestly, Ive been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.”

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