"One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism."

-- Joseph Epstein

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“Are you alone?" So that's what this call was about. For some reason, the question made my throat tighten. "No," I said, "Elvis is here. Would you like to talk to him?”
“The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.”
“Man is fallible, but maybe men are less so.”
“Who knows better than a peasant farmer the agricultural conditions in his country or region? It is not always necessary to send an FAO expert to tell him what crops to grow or what seeds to use. Give him the seeds he asks for, and he will do the rest. Don't tell him how to renovate his irrigation system: give him the necessary equipment and he will do the job far better than us.”
“The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.”

Source : Samuel Florman (2013). “The Existential Pleasures of Engineering”, p.31, Souvenir Press
“Itâ€™s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.”
“I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.”

Source : "Dustin Clare Interview SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 23, 2011.
“Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.”

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