"Between 1980 and 2000 the number of patents registered in Israel was 7652 compared with 367 for all the Arab countries combined."

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Source : Niall Ferguson (2011). “Civilization: The West and the Rest”, p.101, Penguin

#Country Quotes #Israel Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“Life's philosophy, hm... I just say, 'Do what you do and have fun doing it and try not to be too miserable.'”
“The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process.”
“A drop of water is as powerful as a thunder-bolt.”
“All the haters are just jealous, so they're trying to bring me down. I'm young, handsome, successful, wealthy. You could say I'm a role model â€“ I'm the American dream!”
“If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?”
“The victory of the Church over the power which was embodied in the Roman imperial system was not won by seizing the levers of power: it was won when the victims knelt down in the Colosseum and prayed in the name of Jesus for the Emperor.”

Source : Lesslie Newbigin (1989). “The Gospel in a Pluralist Society”, p.275, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.”
“Itâ€™s no longer a question of can I do it. Itâ€™s a question of: Do I want to do it?”

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