"Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

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“It signified nothing that the raw, male magnetism that emanated from him probably made compasses malfunction in his presence.”

Source : Gaelen Foley (2010). “My Wicked Marquess: Number 1 in series”, p.116, Hachette UK
“So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or any other climate-change doomsayer - to put his wealth where his words are. I'll bet $10,000 that the average annual number of Americans killed by tornadoes, floods and hurricanes will fall over the next 20 years. Specifically, I'll bet that the average annual number of Americans killed by these violent weather events from 2011 through 2030 will be lower than it was from 1991 through 2010.”

Source : "More Weather Deaths? Wanna Bet?". www.wsj.com. May 28, 2011.
“The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that he sunk himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding.”
“Once you've opened yourself up, it's best to go all the way.”

Source : Interview with Charles Flowers, bookpage.com. October 1999.
“At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun.”

Source : Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions”
“As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong.”
“They be starin at the money like it's unfamiliar”
“You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.”

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