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The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these words, I wouldn't have written anything else; it's just enough.


Elie Wiesel

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ELIE METCHNIKOFF The Greek conception of a life in harmony with nature found its most complete development in the rat...
ELIE METCHNIKOFF Worldwide is an overused word. But it's true that being known has given me new ideas and a chanc...
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ELIE WURTMAN I've never had negative feedback.
ELIE WADE We gave them the information, and they wrote the script. They did everything.
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ELIE WADE I knew it was wrong. I did not have the intent to violate the law, but I knew it was wrong.
ELIE NAKOUZI I did it because I felt I was doing some good for the patients.
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