Quote by James Buchan
The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern c

The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. – James Buchan

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Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting. – James Buchan

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Change
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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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History
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The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world. – James Buchan

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Technology
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History
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The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedys murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out. – Lance Morrow

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History

So Im OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was. – Sidney Poitier

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History

With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much. – Jon Meacham

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History

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. – David McCullough

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History

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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. – John D. Rockefeller

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motivational

I was watching Up In The Air and I thought, Jesus, whos the old gray-haired guy? And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now its starting to show. – George Clooney

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movies

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy. – Danny McGoorty

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Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. – Edgar Saltus

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Curmudgeonesque