"One of the sages of the Talmud taught nearly 200 years ago that God could have created a plant that would grow loaves of bread. Instead He created wheat for us to mill and bake into bread. Why? So that we could be HIs partners in completing the work of creation."

-- Harold S. Kushner

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“I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.”
“Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.”
“What I like about New York City is nobody cares. If they do, they don't ever approach. They just give you a 'What's up?' and that's it.”

Source : "'New moon' Werewolf Chaske Spencer takes vacation from 'Twilight'" by Eric Ditzian, www.mtv.com. January 7, 2010.
“The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.”
“I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes to the Parliament House kitchen. But, no, as I soon learnt as industry minister, it was in fact a government funded redoubt of veritable soldiers in a war against carbon dioxide. The zealotry and obsessive passion of these warriors in the battle against the apparent evils of carbon dioxide remains a curiosity to me. After fighting these people for three years as industry minister, I really did wish they would just go away and grow tomatoes.”
“...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone call, and of having to compensate - with quite elaborate behaviours = for the sudden half-disappearance of the person we were just speaking to. 'Go ahead!' we say. 'Don't mind us! Oh look, here's a magazine I can read!' When the call is over, other rituals come into play, to minimise the disruption caused and to restore good feeling.”
“Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control.”

Source : FaceBook post by Andy Mineo from Jul 22, 2013
“Children are geniuses.”

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