You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
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One cannot, without reflection, make some into bearers of goodness and others into miscreants, judging them by relative positive or negative criteria.… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
Maybe one way to think about it would be in the context of the historical development of germ theory. The problem of… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There also exists another alliance - at first glance a strange one, a surprising one - but if you think about it,… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of… — David Brin Copy Share Image
It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware--and this honors you--of the historical greatness of your position, that you… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
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I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
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My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
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After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and… — Michelle Moran Copy Share Image
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Here's a news flash: scientists can be wrong. That's no big deal (unless the scientist is you), since research is self-correcting. Consequently,… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
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