I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.' Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, 'What happened?' but rather, 'How then shall I live?' And it's only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>