"One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution……" — James Buchan
"One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity."
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James Buchan
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65 Quotes by James Buchan
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Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.
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Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.
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Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.
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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none…
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Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control…
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Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit…
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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there…
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All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.
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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.
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By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in…
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Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
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Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
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Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity…
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing -…
— Lance Secretan
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While we allow the inhabitants of imaginary remote corners the authenticity of savages or sufferers, we rarely suppose them to…
— Eva Hoffman
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I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its…
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Authenticity is an alignment between your beliefs, your desires and your choices in the world. Desires change throughout the course…
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Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.
— Wayne Dyer
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into…
— Ken Robinson
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