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Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return. ↗

— Yitzhak Shamir

#gaza #gone #israel #jerusalem #return

Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen." (Reply to the Diet of Worms, April 18, 1521) ↗

— Martin Luther

#christian #conscience #freedom-of-religion #freedom-of-thought #organized-religion

Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked. ↗

— Nadine Labaki

#blocked #home #hours #into #matter

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin. ↗

— Mark Shields

#competing #dozens #important #important thing #interests

Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#brethren #highly #holy #holy land #israel

I want an explosion the size of Cleveland. ↗

— Joel Silver

#explosion #i #size #want

Clothes make me dizzy. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#dizzy #make #me

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#based #civilization #continue #found #mankind

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#doing #down #end #happens #i

It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#come #finally #hard #i #okay