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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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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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there'd be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted.
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I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!
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And you know we have a tremendous disadvantage in the electoral college, popular vote is much easier.
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Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion. (not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).
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You determine your future by the thoughts and pictures you hold in your mind today.
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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.
