Ralph Adams Cram Quotes

As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.

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• You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.

  

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• People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

  

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• Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.

  

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• The higher your station, the less your liberty.

  

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• Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

  

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• Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.

  

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• I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.

  

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• History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

  

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• I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.

  

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• The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

  

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• I was a little too young to be a hippie.

  

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• You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.

  

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• Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

  

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• You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

  

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• More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.

  

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• Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

  

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• Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.

  

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• I have written more than 100 novels and novellas since 1983 - I was first published in 1985. There was an overlap of three years with my teaching career, but finally I felt good enough about my writing career to quit teaching and write full time.

  

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• As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.

  

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