"The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers."

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Source : William Robertson Smith, John Sutherland Black (1907). “Lectures on the Religion of the Semites: First Series. The Fundamental Institutions”

William Robertson Smith

“I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.”
“I don't mind if after the job is done you put me in front of a Nuremberg Trial and then jail me for life. Hang me if you want, as a war criminal. What you don't understand is that the dirty work of Zionism is not finished yet, far from it.”
“Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividends for as long as the human race survives - and may even extend our stay on Earth.”

Source : "The Next Green Revolution" by Alex Steffen, www.wired.com. May 1, 2006.
“For every sad thing you think of, you should think of three happy things to chase it away.”
“I'm not here to be remembered, I'm here to be alive.”
“Philosophy is nothing but discretion.”

Source : John Selden, Richard Milward (1821). “Seldeniana: with a biographical preface”, p.102
“No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and have no substitute defense.”

Source : Shirley Jackson (1987). “The haunting of Hill House”, Penguin Group USA
“I certainly am not afraid of hard work. Hard work is only hard if you are not passionate about what you are doing.”

Source : "The James Scott Farewell Interview – Days of our Lives". Interview with Michael Fairman, michaelfairmansoaps.com. October 21, 2014.

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