Quote by Polly Toynbee
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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Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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It is now possible to quantify peoples levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. – Polly Toynbee

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Education
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History
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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixons tapes. – Bob Woodward

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History

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. – Robert Mugabe

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History

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. – David McCullough

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History

The Jews greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! Were a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. – Shimon Peres

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History

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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money. – Johnny Cash

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Safety glasses: making foresight 20/20. – Author unknown

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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. – Bruno Bettelheim

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best

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Love