Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading.
Thomas Carlyle
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I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.
Ornette Coleman
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If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
Larry McMurtry
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.
Dalia Mogahed
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
Samuel Goldwyn
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
Imtiaz Ali
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The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
Karl Schroeder
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I'm a '90s baby.
Quavo
Migos
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Whether it's developers or industry veterans on the business side, top talent likes to work together.
Brendan Iribe
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I'm still in love with New York. It's like a dream: there's so much to do, so much culture.
J Balvin
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[Answering the question 'If you had caused the end of the world, what would you do?'] I would try to fix it. I would go to bed on time and brush my teeth.
Quvenzhane Wallis
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In 303 CE, the Roman emperor Diocletian declared war on the Christian church and instigated the most massive persecution it ever endured.
In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine himself converted to become a Christian.
In 391 to 392 CE, the vehemently orthodox Christian Theodosius declared all pagan practices illegal and in effect made Christianity the state religion of Rome.
With the growth of Christianity came moments of heightened intolerance. Sometimes this intolerance erupted in ugly acts of violence, suppression, and coercion.
Christians were not, of course, the only intolerant people on the planet. They themselves had been the victims of violent coercion early in the century.
Bart Ehrman
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Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading.
Thomas Carlyle
