"At first sin was as fragile as a spiders thread, and finally as stout as a ship's hawser; sin arrived as a passerby, next lingered for a moment, then came as a visitor, and finally became master of the house."

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Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

Israel Shenker

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“It's taken me years of practice to learn how to act natural.”

Source : Craig Clevenger (2014). “The Contortionist’s Handbook”, p.17, HarperCollins UK
“I shop at a computer store called 'Your Crap's Already Obsolete'.”
“War can't end terrorism. War is terrorism.”
“I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.”
“The supernatural does not exist.”

Source : Camille Flammarion (2012). “Death and Its Mystery”, p.39, David & Charles
“Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And you also have to work even harder to maintain those rules, and within that find excitement and unpredictability and all that stuff.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Dubstep didn't invent bass, it just zoned in on it. Bass, to varying depths, is the foundation to most dance musics.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Clothes aren't going to change the world, the women who wear them will”

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