Bernard Bailyn Quotes
The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but thet are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of thought.
Quotes to Explore
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.
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I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.
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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
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When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
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When I was growing up, I thought I was getting bored of acting, so I left that. Then after a few years, I started missing it. I left my studies mid-way, and I used to give lots of auditions.
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There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.
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It is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not.
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People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.
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It's totally appropriate to be anxious about the future of things you care about, especially in a shifting world. But I've every expectation that literature will continue to exist.
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In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.
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A lot of my love of literature comes from Oz and Alice.
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The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but thet are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of thought.
