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This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy -… — Annie Besant
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the… — Theodore Bikel
The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose… — Buffalo Bill
I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the… — Bjork
Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind. — Hugo Black
Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that… — Andrea Bocelli
A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it. — Erma Bombeck
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa,… — Unknown Author
I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution,… — Unknown Author
Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. — Jorge Luis Borges
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. — Alain de Botton
I've been really fortunate in that I guess I was hired to do 'A Cook's Tour;' I was already a known quantity, meaning I had… — Anthony Bourdain
The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. — Elizabeth Bowen
Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that… — David Bowie
Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if… — Brandon Boyd
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves -… — Ray Bradbury
I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces… — Sarah Brightman
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. — Joyce Brothers
I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view. — Dan Brown

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