Samuel E. Morison Quotes
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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I actually made a website called Y2 Combinator, which was the Y Combinator that starts Y Combinator clones. There's a very clear difference in the quality between the companies that come from YC and the companies that don't.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.'
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The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is 'real,' and so I thought, 'I'll base it on the absurd, the not real. I'll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I'll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.'
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Literary Experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege of individuality.. .Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.
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I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons.
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If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a defined character, I feel like I can actually read the phone book and make it funny.
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I will give away at least half my wealth during my lifetime and after my death. In the meantime, I'll continue to grow my wealth as much as possible so that the amount I bequeath to charities and worthy causes can be as substantial as possible.
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Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
