"I know exactly how and where I am going to die. The only question is when."

-- Tony Judt

“The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.”
“After leaving ImageMovers, I sold two pitches to Fox Atomic, which I then wrote for them.”
“I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.”
“It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be... Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight. I'm old.”
“I'm usually a patient guy anyway.”
“He that disobeys God, rejects his reign; and so God views it”
“Thhe essence of documentary filmmaking is how you manipulate the material to create an emotional impact, as opposed to just delivering information.”
“By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.”

Source : Solomon Schechter (1909). “Abraham Lincoln: Memorial Address Delivered at the Lincoln Centennial Celebration of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America”

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