Anthony Greenwald Quotes
The ego is a self-justifying historian which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even see the evidence that threatens it.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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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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I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.
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Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.
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At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples.
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When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.
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I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
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I think I'm more European in personality.
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I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
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In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.
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It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.
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It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet’s dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality.
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History teaches us that the cause of humanity is only advanced through strife. There’s no Renaissance without the Dark Ages.
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The ego is a self-justifying historian which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even see the evidence that threatens it.
