Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.
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I want to go down in history.
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History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
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If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.
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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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I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies.
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
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In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they show the film all the time on cable over there, so people recognise you.
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It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
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I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.
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I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
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History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
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History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
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For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'
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Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space.
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In all great epochs of history, the existence of standards - that is, the conscious adoption of type-forms - has been the criterion of a polite, well-ordered society; for it is a commonplace that repetition of the same things for the same purpose exercises a settling and civilizing influence on men's minds.
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Maybe Rachel was right all along. Maybe the past is past, history is history, and you just push it aside and look for the future.
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Songs are like children in a way. They all need to find a home.
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Lower a bucket into a well of self-deception, and what comes up must be immortal truth, mustn't it?
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My style is chic, streamlined and original. I don't like to wear the same things as other people - I push boundaries. Growing up, I was really excited about costumes.
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The enemy is the system. And the system is made up of people, and we have a choice in that.
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The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.
