"They are mostly Americans and almost all are Protestant. Many have a strong grounding in the Bible. In Jerusalem, they suddenly take off their clothes or shout prophecies on street corners, only to revert to normal after a few days' treatment."

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Source : Amos Elon (1995). “Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory”, Kodansha Globe

Amos Elon

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“You don't have to know what to say or what to do; just listen to the one who sent you.”
“The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.”

Source : "The Way to Minack". Book by Derek Tangye, 1968.
“Investment in AIDS will be repaid a thousand-fold in lives saved and communities held together.”
“Elizabeth, With my compliments. You will never get your claws into another one of mine. Rot in hell, NÃ¯x clasped her hands over her chest, sighing, "He gave you his heart. That's so romantic. So much better than a candy heart. Those get stuck in the fangs, you know.”
“Jesus ... said - long before his followers had established churches and a priesthood - 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.' This Way is the life of the Spirit. To follow it entails no necessity for places (all places are holy ground), no priesthood, since every man becomes a priest unto God ...”

Source : Esme Wynne Tyson (1949). “The Unity of Being”
“There's a level of action unlike anything else on television. AMC always makes distinctive television and I think that certainly fits that requirement.”
“A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.”
“Obviously my best strategy is to wait, listen, and learn.”

Source : "Silver Surfer". Comic book, Vol. 3, no. 35 "The Name is Thanos", March 1990.

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