Nicholas Hawksmoor famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Whatever is goode in its kinde ought to be preserv'd in respect for antiquity, as well as our present advantage, for destruction can be profitable to none but such as live by it.
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Strong Reason and good fancy, joyn'd with experience and tryalls, so that we are assured of the good effects of it.
-- Nicholas Hawksmoor
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It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.
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I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed.
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History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.
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The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.
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Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.
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The destruction of Wonderland, is the destruction of me?!
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We must hunt the terrorists down and kill them. There is no other way to respond to those so committed to the destruction of life.
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destruction is ultimately self-destruction.
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Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.
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Design is the beauty of turning constraints into advantages.
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