Danah Boyd Quotes
Give me one other part of history where everybody shows up to the same social space. Fragmentation is a more natural state of being.
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
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There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.
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Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.
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If history judges society for how it treats those in need, so markets judge economies by the incentives they provide for private investment, the infrastructure that supports growth, and the burdens placed on job creation.
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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Not everybody's gonna get your vision.
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When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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All art becomes history as soon as it is made, so it is inevitably part of a tradition. It doesn't matter a toss if it is in paint or in film; it is all art.
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Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism over their funding schemes.
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History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year.
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I'm inspired by history, different periods.
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Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.
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Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.
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Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.
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If somebody honks a horn in Cleveland, they're saying 'Hi.' It's so rare to be honked at in anger. When we have merging traffic, we just interweave. There's real courtesy.
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The American public no longer has confidence in Wall Street and we've got to change that.
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Give me one other part of history where everybody shows up to the same social space. Fragmentation is a more natural state of being.
