[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many a sudden stagetrick. – Max Nordau, The Interpretation of History
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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. – Stephen Hawking
My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. – David Soul
History is the action and reaction of these two, nature and thought – two boys pushing each other on the curbstone of the pavement. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life: Fate
And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. Were lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product. – Freddie Mercury
There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. – Steven Pinker
Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? – Bianca Jagger
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