J. B. Bury Quotes
Most beliefs about nature and man, which were not founded on scientific observation, have served directly or indirectly religious and social interests, and hence they have been protected by force against the criticisms of persons who have the inconvenient habit of using their reason
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Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.
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Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.
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The world takes us at our own valuation. It believes in the man who believes in himself, but it has little use for the timid man: the one who is never certain of himself, who cannot rely on his own judgment, who craves advice from others, and is afraid to go ahead on his own account.
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You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year.
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We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.
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You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
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Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.
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It was a good 15 or 20 years before anyone at Rand would be in the same room with me. They didn't want the question raised, 'What's your relationship with Daniel Ellsberg?' And not one of them wrote me a letter because they didn't want a letter of theirs to show up in my trash - which the FBI had been going through.
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Opera is too obsessed with buildings.
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Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what's playing inside your head...
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Most beliefs about nature and man, which were not founded on scientific observation, have served directly or indirectly religious and social interests, and hence they have been protected by force against the criticisms of persons who have the inconvenient habit of using their reason
