"Stephen Schlesinger’s Act of Creation tells a dazzling story of the dramatic events that have shaped the world in which we live. Never has a book been more relevant to present dangers and future hopes."

-- James Chace

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“Let's face it: I am not a professional runner.”
“Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.”
“I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.”

Source : "'Where Do We Go Now?'Asks Nadine Labaki" by Nana Asfour, www.newyorker.com. March 25, 2012.
“We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.”
“Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.”
“I love film and I love the film business. And I don't think there's any better way, with my personality, than being a producer which is a little bit of a control freak.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we stunt the growth of the soul. What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinguish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes.”
“What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death. They are one: choosing sugarcoated misery we mock the lifegiving God. It was meant to be another way: God's glory exalted in our everlasting joy.”

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