David Novak Quotes
If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic.
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.
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The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.
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I'm a real optimist.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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Nature hasn't gone anywhere. It is all around us, all the planets, galaxies and so on. We are nothing in comparison.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic.
