Emil Cioran Quotes
Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?
Emil Cioran
Quotes to Explore
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In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
Barry Unsworth
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When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.
Salman Rushdie
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
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White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.
Haniel Long
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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.
Eddie Redmayne
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Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
Dan Gable
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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
Oliver Joseph Lodge
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Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.
Orson F. Whitney
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With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of local officialdom, furrowing brows throughout University Hall. The lurking fear is that somehow, in the operations of the gigantic administrative machine, a student might get lost in the shuffle.
J. Anthony Lukas
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In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely.
Laura Hillenbrand
