The so-called 'materialistic conception of history,' with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
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if I love something I do it, and if I don't, I don't. I think that this is the most important choice… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
“Just as Wallace learned and evolved, Ali was on his own journey of discovery. Starting out as a 15-year-old cook, Ali learned… — Paul Spencer Sochaczewski Copy Share Image
“This society [Jesuits] has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon 's despotism or ideology. It has… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We stopped right in the center and I just stared at how beautiful the summer sky looked. Stark tugged on my arm… — Jade Copy Share Image
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“History was not a matter of missing minutes on the tape. I did not stand helpless before it. I hewed to the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the… — Sean Lemass Copy Share Image
Tides of History provides a splendid prism through which we may view the wider world of Victorian science. . . . Historians… — William M. Fowler Copy Share Image
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When I was young, Stephen Hawking wasn't the world's most famous physicist. The fame didn't arrive until the publication of "A Brief… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Here. Here I am. You've taken everything from us, but not who we are! We still exist! One day grass will grow… — Bruno Apitz Copy Share Image
This is not a matter of subjective theory, but of plain, historical fact. If there had never been a nation of Israel,… — Derek Prince Copy Share Image
“Science uses the Red Shift to measure deep cosmic distances. But how to measure deep historic time? How about—the Saffron Shift. If… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
I started these Rush Revere and these children's books, I mean, there was a mission. It was to teach the truth of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The world is not likely to tire of an amusement which never repeats itself, of a game which today presents features as… — Willard Fiske Copy Share Image
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Writing fiction is very different to writing non-fiction. I love writing novels, but on history books, like my biographies of Stalin or… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
A lot of guys have had a lot of fun joking about Henry Ford because he admitted one time that he didn't… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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Though few hiring managers would deliberately choose to offer women less money than their male counterparts, when using salary history to determine… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
One of the first things we teach medical students is to listen to the patient by taking a careful medical history. Ninety… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I was married for nine years before my husband and I separated and eventually divorced. Just as I'd watched my parents arguing… — Regina King Copy Share Image
However incompatible the spirit of Jesus and armed force may be, and however unpleasant it may be to acknowledge the fact, as… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“[Lee Oswald] saw himself as part of something vast and sweeping. He was the product of a sweeping history, he and his… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
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I feel that at this point in our country's history, it is important that we not reverse marriage equality, that we not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Sixty years after the end of the war, the time has come to make this information available. With the number of survivors… — Abraham Foxman Copy Share Image
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![“This society [Jesuits] has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon 's despotism or ideology. It has obstructed the progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally. { Letter to Thomas Jefferson , November 4…” quote by John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/john-adams-529_calamity_this-society-jesuits-has-been-a-greater_2706641.jpg)
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