Leopold von Ranke Quotes
It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
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It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.
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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110%, or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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There is no such thing as guilt-free eating.
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I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
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America is an archipelago of tribes, a land where people form national families of kindred spirits.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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Writers in Britain aren't really celebrities. You become kind of a darling of a small set.
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There's a right way of doing things and a wrong way. If you've made up your mind to be different from everybody else, I don't suppose I can stop you, but I really don't think it's very considerate.
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True believers aren’t real receptive to the idea that what they’re telling you is just mythology.
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Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.
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The verb 'fuck' has been a part of the language since at least early 1500s. The actual practice, far longer. So, no need to be embarrassed of either.
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I look at Canada like a second home.
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Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile; Filths savour but themselves.
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Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
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A timely and incisive look into the history, politics, and future of the Muslim Brotherhood by the foremost expert on Islamism in Egypt. Carrie Rosefsky Wickham has constructed a detailed account of how the Brotherhood confronts the challenges before it, and why and when it embraces change. Everyone concerned with the future of Egypt should read this book.
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I just always loved watching the History Channel and stuff like that. I could come home from school and just watch it all day. It just interested me.
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It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.
