In his latest book Marc Ellis asks the defining question for Jewish life today: 'Can injustice, represented by Jewish domination of Jerusalem,… — Rosemary Radford Ruether Copy Share Image
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We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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Well, in Angel of Hope, Amber ends up going in her sister's stead. The focus of that book and the next one… — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
Please follow the counsel you have been given in the past and maintain your personal journals. Those who keep a book of… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
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In the end, living is defined by dying. Book- ended by oblivion, we are caught in the vice of terror, squeezed to… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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I do everything from home. I broadcast commentaries for CBS News Radio every day - from home, on a disk that I… — Charles Grodin Copy Share Image
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One of the revelations in that book [Lincoln in the Bardo] for me was this idea about citizenship. Even that word -… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
One question is: Who is the working class today, and how has it changed? Where are we in that? I don't have… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
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The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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