Leopold von Ranke Quotes
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I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.
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The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.
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The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next. This applies today in an even higher degree than in former times, for through modern development of economic life, the family.
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We've never been good at long-term plans.
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If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses power, he must possess wisdom. He becomes converted to the seductive thesis that election to public office endows the official with both power and wisdom. At this point, he begins to lose his ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is politically expedient.
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I grew up thirty miles down the highway in San Marcos, and I've still got family there, so I guess I'm pretty well rooted.
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Meum institutum non est verborum significationem sed rerum naturam explicare
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I'm pretty handy in the kitchen. But my wife's the real genius.
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Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.
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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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I believe we're living at a time in human history where it's just simply unacceptable that children wake up and don't know where to find a cup of food.
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I've learned that if you see something that's incredible, move on it quickly.
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When you make movies based on real life, you try to exaggerate it.
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I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.
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I came back from Standing Rock, and one of the things that struck me was their respect for elders. It was something that I felt like I needed to work on in my life.
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With Obamacare's fate in jeopardy, Democrats have no solutions to solve the mess they forced upon Americans.
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Kids are capable of handling a lot more than you think if you are willing to commit some time.
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There's villainous news abroad.
