Bethany McLean Quotes
Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.
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It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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I know I can't plan in this business, but I'm going to keep going as long as I keep getting close... So far, I feel lucky and infinitely grateful for the successes that I've had. I'm just going to keep working hard, and whatever happens, happens.
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
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I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?
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Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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I became a student of the history of religion. I am fascinated by how religions often center on mystical experience, and in the Old Testament tradition you find flames, the burning bush.
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In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
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It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
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There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is something I'm deeply aware of. My take on it, I suppose, was that I do think actors should be able to play anything.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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History is more interesting than most people think.
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So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!
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My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'
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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
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I want to do this for a long time; I want people to be saying, 'What is he doing still playing in clubs?'
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I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.
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The fundamental problem is that President Obama has grown government. He has grown the private sector jobs.
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Mathematics became an experimental subject. Individuals could follow previously intractable problems by simply watching what happened when they were programmed into a personal computer. ...The PC revolution has made science more visual and more immediate. ...by creating films of imaginary experiences of mathematical worlds. ...Words are no longer enough.
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Have a little fun. A few laughs.
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Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.
