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Without a belief in a certain mysterious wisdom hidden within the hieroglyphics, a work of art like Mozart’s Magic Flute would be inconceivable.
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“The line most often quoted from Frank’s diary are her famous words, “I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.”…It is far more gratifying to believe that an innocent dead girl has offered us grace than to recognize the obvious: Frank wrote about people being “truly good at heart” before meeting people who weren’t. Three weeks after writing those words, she met people who weren’t.”
― People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
― People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
“Based on USDA data, the US per capita consumption (pounds per person per year) of beef from 1970 to 2020 fell an annual average of 34 percent with no health or environmental benefits. Yet we still blame red meat for nearly all health problems. This terrifies me as a physician.”
― Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well
― Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well
“Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book. - Mary”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Being pro-Israel, how strange, does not necessarily mean lack of anti-Semitism. You can love Israel and still think that there are a bunch of Jews out there who control world markets and world finance.”
― The Lies They Tell
― The Lies They Tell
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