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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. – Arthur Erickson

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We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. – Arthur Erickson

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The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land. – Arthur Erickson

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Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. – Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversation: Diogenes and Plato

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The subject matter is very tricky. Its about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think its a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians. – Daniel Craig

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[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. – Robert S. Lynd

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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history. – Pat Robertson

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The sadness of the womens movement is that they dont allow the necessity of love. See, I dont personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. – Maya Angelou

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Make lunch, not war. – Author unknown

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It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. – Charles Baudelaire

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Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room at once, take them out of the room one at a time. – Grover Norquist

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