"Wherever we look in the ancient world the……" — Hugh Nibley

"Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the Christian church. The methods of control, wherever we find them, fall under three general heads which might be described as (a) the invention, (b) the destruction, and (c) the alteration of documents."

— Hugh Nibley

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Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. — Faith Baldwin
Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that… — Phyllis Bottome
Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The only thing not prerecorded in a prerecorded universe are… — William S. Burroughs
The continually progressive change to which the meaning of words is subject, the want of a universal language which renders… — Thomas Paine
The popularisation of scientific doctrines is producing as great an alteration in the mental state of society as the material… — James Clerk Maxwell
Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often… — Bill Bryson
Death's not a separation or alteration or parting; it's just a one-handled door. — Stevie Smith
Your ideas about right and wrong are just that-ideas. They are the thoughts which form the shape and create the… — Neale Donald Walsch
Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs;… — Carmen Dell'Orefice
Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is… — Nick Nolte
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