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“seen Blue Water, White Death, the 1971 feature film that, for me, remains the finest documentary ever made about sharks.”
― Jaws
― Jaws
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. —Anatole France, Nobel Laureate, 1921”
― West With Giraffes
― West With Giraffes
“London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books or the Times Literary Supplement”
― Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
― Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
“What say you, fellow? Chain me? My leg you will chain--yes, but my will--no, not even Zeus can conquer that.”
― Discourses and Enchiridion
― Discourses and Enchiridion
“evangelical Christians roundly discount, even though”
― How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
― How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
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