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Judaism takes the verse in Genesis, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' as part of its statutory law. Because it is the first law in the Torah it holds a special eminence.
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Scholars call it [the Torah] the Masoretic text. The Masoretes were Hebrew scribes of the first centuries of the present era. They fixed the wording and spelling of the Bible; since then it has not changed. It has long been a matter of critical controversy as to just how accurate the Masoretes were; for one thing, did they have a true text from ancient sources, or did they invent and corrupt? Opinion has swayed back and forth on this point...
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Sex takes up a very small part of the day, anyway." "It makes the rest of the day worth living." "You"
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Cabs, cabs! Why did God give you feet? Walk me to Fiftieth.
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Religious people tend to encounter, among those who are not, a cemented certainty that belief in God is a crutch for the weak and fearful. It would be just as silly to assert that disbelief in God is a crutch for the immoral and the ill-read.
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Remember this, if you can--there is nothing, nothing more precious than time. You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it, but you haven't. Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at the end--only at the end it becomes more obvious. Use your time while you have it, Willie, in making something of yourself.
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There are no difficulties that can't be overcome,
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You can't assume a goddamned thing in this Navy.
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I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.
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This is an excellent martini--sort of tastes like it isn't there at all, just a cold cloud.
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