Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
How many ideas have there been in the history of man which were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?

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I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.
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Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.
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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
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Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.
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We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.
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History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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So whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it’s not your history but your presence on your mat that counts.
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He’s lying. I have no doubt he’s excellent at it.
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Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.
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We haven't won any games in the playoffs yet. If we can win, I'll definitely be happy to be compared to them.
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Country's hip; it's cool music.
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How many ideas have there been in the history of man which were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?