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Quote by Simone Weil
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil

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When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

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Hurt, Injury
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Simone Weil
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More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. – Simone Weil

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respect
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Simone Weil
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Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. – Simone Weil

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communication
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Other Quotes from
History
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If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into dead names and stiff portraits. That is history to me! – George Macaulay Trevelyan

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History

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. – Tom Hayden

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History

The greatest tragedy in mankinds entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. – Arthur C. Clarke

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History
[H]istory is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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History

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The valiant never taste of death but once. – William Shakespeare

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Death

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what youve done. – Robert Downey, Jr.

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power

My strong point is not rhetoric , it isnt showmanship, it isnt big promises – those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth. – Richard Milhous Nixon

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She didnt know it couldnt be done, so she went ahead and did it. – Mary S. Almanac

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Potential