Geoffrey Elton Quotes
Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess we call life reduced to some order. pattern and possibly purpose.
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I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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When you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander. That gives you a better chance of stumbling onto the unusual and spotting unexpected patterns.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts.
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I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
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Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.
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Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.
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My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games. I know that's kind of hard to fathom.
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If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser.
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That's one of those questions, whether human beings are really capable of change, or if all seeming changes are really a matter of framing the existing character in a different moral situation.
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Well, before you are always self-you’re always self-centered. Everything is for you. Your self is God. And we make lousy gods. Humans make lousy gods, I think. We need to let God be God and us be what we are. I think that’s what changes: the focus on who you’re serving. You’re not serving you. You’re serving Christ.
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I'll tell ya, in New York City, where I've lived far too long, 'fuck' isn't even a word, it's a comma.
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Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.
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Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again.
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I prefer intellect and charm.
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Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it.
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Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest.
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In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.
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Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.
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Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess we call life reduced to some order. pattern and possibly purpose.
