Christopher Dawson Quotes
The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.
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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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I wanted to become a college coach. I got game films of all the good college coaches - Pete Newell at California, Eddie Donovan with St. Bonaventure, Ken Loeffler at LaSalle.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
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I am actually a very unspeaking person. I'm not really good in social situations. People expect me to be more outgoing. I don't know why. They think I have this kind of assurance.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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I want to make money for third-world-country kids, and I need to be smart about how to do it.
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Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership.
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The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.
