"The forces of genetic mixing are so powerful that everyone in the world has Jewish ancestors, though the amount of DNA from those ancestors in a given individual may be small. In fact, everyone on earth is by now a descendant of Abraham, Moses, and Aaron--if indeed they existed."

-- Steve Olson

#Powerful Quotes #Dna Quotes #Mixing Quotes

“Every time we are faced with a choice, and we are faced with them every minute of every day, we make a decision to follow its course into the future. But what of the abandoned options? Are they like unopened doors? Do alternative futures lie beyond them? How far would we wander from the course we have steered were we to go back and, just once, open Door A instead of Door B?”
“The biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing, a conclusion, of something which never concludes. In that regard, this is the lie I'm telling myself so I don't set fire to anything.”
“He who has conferred a benefit on anyone from motives of love or honor will feel pain, if he sees that the benefit is received without gratitude.”
“We should listen to the voice of conscience. It does not take nearly as much courage as one might think to admit to our mistakes and learn from them. Human beings are in this world to learn and to change themselves in learning.”

Source : Traudl Junge (2012). “Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary”, p.6, Hachette UK
“Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks.”
“One can lynch a person without a rope or tree.”

Source : James H. Cone (2011). “The Cross and the Lynching Tree”, p.163, Orbis Books
“I came from a different world from other designers because I already had such a strong fan base that was interested in fashion. You have to give the little divas something.”
“You have to become the 'first of yourself' instead of trying to become the second of anyone.”

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