Quote by Gregory Bateson
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which indi

It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future. – Gregory Bateson

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Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy we call mathematics. – Gregory Bateson

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So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today. – Mika Waltari

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Im not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will return to being African and not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself, but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived. – Wilbur Smith

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Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraqs future is not. – Barack Obama

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You know when youre young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future. – Andy Griffith

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