"The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it is the normal and final authority."

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Source : Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.8, Cambridge University Press

Julius Wellhausen

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“We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us.”
“People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'”

Source : "Sid Caesar's Comic Legacy". Interview With Joel Siegel, abcnews.go.com.
“Much has already been learned about the arrogance of the IRS from the House investigations of the agency's targeting of conservatives. The revelations emerged despite strenuous efforts by Democrats in Washington and by the IRS itself to block inquiries and deny the existence of political targeting - targeting that the former head of the IRS Exempt Organizations Unit, Lois Lerner, eventually acknowledged and apologized for in May 2013.”
“But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“It becomes an emperor to die standing (i.e., "in harness"). [Lat., Decet imperatorem statem mori.]”
“When I get into a zone, I obsess and I don't care about anything else. I have to make the work.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.”
“Your thoughts determine your frequency, and your feelings tell you immediately what frequency you are on.”

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