Eric A. Havelock Quotes
A scholar like myself who is not a Sinologist and yet ventures the proposition that Chinese languages should be rewritten in the Greek alphabet (or "Romanized", to use the current term) is treading on uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril.

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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!
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Buying land is not like buying antique. It is not the only deal available.
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Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.
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As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what being in love is, I don't know.
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For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.
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Neutrino physics is largely an art of learning a great deal by observing nothing.
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We are born to soar. We are children of God. ... The Fatherhood of God offers a deep spiritual cure for the inferiority complex and lays the firm foundation for a solid spiritual self-esteem.
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Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
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That one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a compentent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
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Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
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It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
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Your body is your subconscious mind and you can’t heal it by talk alone.
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Authors do not supply imaginations.
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The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.
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The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.
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There was a lot of nervousness before the game, a lot of buildup, but overall I felt good.
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A scholar like myself who is not a Sinologist and yet ventures the proposition that Chinese languages should be rewritten in the Greek alphabet (or "Romanized", to use the current term) is treading on uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril.