Saint Augustine Quotes
This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.
Quotes to Explore
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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The P2P marketplace extends into other markets where individuals are monetizing underutilized assets. Lodging is one example. Instead of finding a hotel room, in the sharing economy you can rent a spare room from a local resident.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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All relationships are living and alive and moving and becoming something.
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As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
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It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I don't know where I was, but I didn't care. I didn't care because the only person who mattered was there with me.
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If you trace the history of Islamist terrorism, you see that its founders were great admirers of European fascism. They read the texts of European fascism, they quoted them in speeches and letters. This is not from the Koran - the Koran doesn't teach you how to repress people; there's nothing in there about women having to cover their faces, there's certainly nothing about suicide bombing.
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Israel, the Israelis, and the rest of the world have been brainwashed. They don't think of pre-1948, they have no idea Palestinians were in Israel, who we were before '48. As if we were born in 1948 according to them. They have no notion that we had a country, houses, rebelled against the Ottomans and the British. They think history in that region started in that moment.
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This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.
