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Quote by Theodor Adorno
History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it. – Theodor Adorno

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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all ones own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. – Theodor Adorno

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Theodor Adorno
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It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology. – Leopold von Ranke, History of the Popes

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No country in history ever sent mothers of toddlers off to fight enemy soldiers until the United States did this in the Iraq war. – Phyllis Schlafly

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History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyces view of Everyman as victim. – Robert Anton Wilson

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One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history. – Albert Schweitzer

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Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity. – Medard Boss

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Im not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. Its not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship. – Ben Affleck

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Young love is a flame very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable. – Henry Ward Beecher

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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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