“The profound originality of a divine-human pact in which both parties complain endlessly about each other has too rarely been acknowledged as such.”
― Jack Miles, quote from God: A Biography
“Lord can restore a covenant with Israel and yet continue”
― Jack Miles, quote from God: A Biography
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Born place: Chicago, Illinois, The United States
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“Mistakes can be fixed. Bad decisions can be undone. Model houses can be rebuilt. And perfection is only a word that makes you feel bad about yourself.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from My Life Undecided
“Love was a lizard brain instinct. A survival mechanism bred into the species that was totally separate from reason. Women were extremely vulnerable during pregnancy, and children were helpless for many years. If humans didn’t have a mechanism for cementing a pair bond, nothing would remain but selfishness and promiscuity. Certain animal species were wired in the same way. How”
― Douglas E. Richards, quote from Wired
“VI. If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing, despair must be his eternal lot.”
― William Blake, quote from The Complete Illuminated Books
“Teoria prawa sowieckiego opiera się na założeniu, że nie ma ludzi niewinnych. Sędzia śledczy więc, gdy dostaje w ręce oskarżonego, może ostatecznie po długich badaniach zrezygnować z postawionego na wstępie zarzutu, ale to nie znaczy żeby miał nie spróbować szczęścia gdzie indziej.”
― Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, quote from A World Apart
“In 1922, the inflation turned to hyperinflation as the Reichsbank gave up trying to control the situation and printed money frantically to meet the demands of union and government workers. A single U.S. dollar became so valuable thatAmerican visitors could not spend it because merchants could not locate the millions of marks needed to make change. Diners offered to pay for meals in advance because the price would be vastly higher by the time they finished eating.”
― James Rickards, quote from Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
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