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- There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call 'civilization,' we have carved up what we claim is…
- The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states and statesmen and so…
- Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factorites, whose lives are…
- These people—the employed, the somewhat privileged—are drawn into alliance with the elite. They become the guards of the system, buffers between the upper and lower…
- The historian's distortion is more than technical, it is ideological; it is released into a world of contending interest, where any chosen emphasis supports some…
- There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people…
- Emma Willard told the legislature that the education of women "has been too exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of…
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- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
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- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
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- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. — Richard Bach
- It's actually amazing because you go so far into another side of your brain when you're studying something completely different, and I… — Dido Armstrong
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
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