"I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed to admit that I still can't read an Israeli newspaper. Besides English, the only language I speak with any degree of fluency is Spanish."

-- Joshua Foer

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“I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can't stand, one abomination, underhanded fraud, indefensible, with Liberty and Justice.. Forget it.”
“I think we should be proud of the fact that our face has got lines, because at least that means we have lived.”
“While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.”

Source : Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Arkush (2011). “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring”, p.119, Penguin
“What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused by illusory, wandering images, leading us, as it were, to mix fine script with ugly scrawling, or sweet-smelling scent with slime. We need actually 'to be still' (Ps. 46:10) in order to know God, and when we receive the opportunity, 'to judge uprightly' (Ps. 75:2) in theology.”
“Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market”
“Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!”
“I'm not sure that is correct but I love that interpretation - that we artists never go out of self-portrait.”
“One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day.”

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