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International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. – Rebecca West

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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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Women
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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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History
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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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Life
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We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough that we need to know ourselves better that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are. – Harold Bloom

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Knowledge

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce. – Leland Stanford

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Knowledge

He who knows little quickly tells it. – Italian Proverb

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Knowledge

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists. – Corliss Lamont

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Knowledge

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The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. – Vladimir Lenin

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Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad. – Iain Duncan Smith

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