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How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without kn

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the worlds main religions? – Polly Toynbee

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Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP. – Polly Toynbee

Category:
Happiness
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Polly Toynbee
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People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. – Polly Toynbee

Category:
Death
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Polly Toynbee
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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

Category:
Happiness
Author
Polly Toynbee
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Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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History

Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward. – Eddie Vedder

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History

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. – Edward de Bono

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History

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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History

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One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself. – Bill Murray

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To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on ones manhood. – Myriam Miedzian

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