"We have built our State on the freedom……" — John Grierson
"We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure."
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16 Quotes by John Grierson
John Grierson has 16 quotes on this site.
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Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is…
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Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes…
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It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens…
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And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.
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Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever…
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In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into…
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My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist,…
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Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing…
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The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where…
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When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having…
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The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.
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The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs.
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More Adventure Quotes
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one of 1,845 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
— Aristophanes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
— Neil Armstrong
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
— David Attenborough
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
— James M. Barrie
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
— Mary Ritter Beard
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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