George Sarton Quotes
The intensity of a national culture should be represented by... the general education level and... the exceptional merit of a small elite of pioneers.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.
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I've been racketeered on.
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I wrote 'Time of the Dark' in 1978 and 'The Silent Tower' in 1984, so the thing that sticks out for me is how totally technology has changed. I suppose that's the great peril for real-world crossovers.
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If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
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I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities.
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I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
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I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren’t.
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There's a lot of art that's about loss and sadness, but I would love it if hopefulness were more of a cliche. That's the work that always sticks with me and emboldens me in life.
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I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.
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Thousands die each year because they are uninsured or under-insured.
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We continue to advise that investors remain committed to a patient, long-term outlook and that the best way to do well in stocks is to use a disciplined, time-tested strategy that has the benefit of empirically tested results over a variety of market environments.
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For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.
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Call me an extremist but killing a few hundred million people seems like the sort of method that might have unintended consequences.
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You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.
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Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.
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The intensity of a national culture should be represented by... the general education level and... the exceptional merit of a small elite of pioneers.
