Charles A. Beard Quotes
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.
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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
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God reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists.
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I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.
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I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.
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Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point.
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You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of laws? Number of employees? You could make arguments for either one. I tend to think the axis of the size of government is the wrong concern. But I do think that situating power more locally is a legitimate approach.
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All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
