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In this life you sometimes have to choose between pleasing God and pleasing man. - In the long run, it's better to please God - he's more apt to remember.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Harry Kemelman

Harry Kemelman

Born: November 24, 1908
Died: December 15, 1996 (aged 88)
Bio: Harry Kemelman was an American mystery writer and a professor of English. He was the creator of the fictional religious sleuth Rabbi David Small.
Known for:
  1. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964)
  2. Tuesday the rabbi saw red (1974)
  3. Monday the Rabbi Took Off (1972)
  4. One fine day the rabbi bought a cross (1969)
  5. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (1924)

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