Eric Wolf Quotes
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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my boyfriend is a rock god baby (and not kiss-of-death(sorry))
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It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they shall be constitutionally preserved.
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In history people dressed much better than we do today.
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It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this.
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Man's triumph will consist in substituting the struggle for existence by a struggle for mutual service.
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God has blessed me with the mission to place nonviolence before the nation for adoption.
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For the greater a man's works for the future, the less the present can comprehend them; the harder his fight, and the rarer success. If, however, once in centuries success does come to a man, perhaps in his latter days a faint beam of his coming glory may shine upon him. To be sure, these great men are only the Marathon runners of history; the laurel wreath of the present touches only the brow of the dying hero.
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Forgiveness strengthens two Souls.
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To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family.
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I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in it.
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To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.
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Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to achieve your objectives causes the same kind of chaos in foreign policy that it does in matters closer to home.
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The rapidly evolving global economy demands a dynamic and creative workforce. The arts and its related businesses are responsible for billions of dollars in cultural exports for this country. It is imperative that we continue to support the arts and arts education both on the national and local levels. The strength of every democracy is measured by its commitment to the arts.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.
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I don't really produce so-called commercial pop music so I haven't changed so much. I've been on the one path always.
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The capitalist state exists to ensure the domination of one class over another.
