"In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental in persuading man to obey divine commandments."

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Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

Israel Shenker

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“If you have laser-like brain it's not always focused on the most productive things. If you want to play Halo: Reach all day, that's fine, but if you want to accomplish some other things, here are some ways to do that using your innate nerd gifts.”

Source : Richard Stallman (2002). “Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman”, p.75, Lulu.com
“When I was doing Dobie Gillis, I got blasted off to the moon with a chimp in a rocket, and I landed on a deserted tropic island. That should have told me something was coming.”
“Hope for the best, plan for the worst.”

Source : Lee Child (2014). “Personal (with bonus short story Not a Drill): A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.179, Delacorte Press
“I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise.”
“By trade, I am a software programmer, so I never really had any experience with movies before. I started out with 'Paranormal Activity.”
“We all have those moments where we realize how easily our lives could be so different, for better or for worse. I met my husband at a gym in NYC! What if I'd joined a different gym? What if I hadn't worked out in the afternoons? These questions are endless.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.”
“Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you arenâ€™t.”

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