Edward Hallett Carr Quotes
The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context.

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What we have to remember is that children matter as much as adults, but they aren't equal with adults.
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I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting.
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There was a vacuum in investigation, and the press began to try men in the most effective court in the country.
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Some McDonald's restaurants are taking reservations on Valentine's Day. They are getting a lot of tables for one.
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Everything in this life is only a glimpse of the real thing. Love, beauty, pleasure, even pain in its true essence is only in the next.
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
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The best ideas are common property.
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Truth does not judge.
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There's no map for being an artist.
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I didn't know what to expect coming to college. High school was pretty easy and I guess I expected college to be along the same route. It was just an overwhelming experience.
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The phytochemicals, antioxidants, and fiber- all of the healthful components of plant foods - originate in plants, not animals. If they are present, it is because the animal ate plants. And why should we go through an animal to get the benefits of the plants themselves? To consume unnecessary, unseemly, and unhealthy substances, such as saturated fat, animal protein, lactose, and dietary cholesterol, is to negate the benefits of the fiber, phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that are prevalent and inherent in plants.
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Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.
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Its been a long night" "aren't they all?
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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All finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out its context. And that context, astounding even to bodily eyes, is the heaven of stars and the incredible procession of the great galaxies.
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The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context.