"The results of political changes are hardly ever……" — Thomas Huxley
"The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear."
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Thomas Huxley
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195 Quotes by Thomas Huxley
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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts…
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which…
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Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you…
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
— David Bailey
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Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our…
— James A. Baldwin
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I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'
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Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.
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People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective…
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I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life…
— Brigitte Bardot
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But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures,…
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