Cullen Murphy famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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At some point in the next century the number of invented languages will probably overtake the number of surviving natural languages.
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The genius of America may be that it has built "the fall of Rome" into its very makeup: it is very consciously a constant work in progress, designed to accommodate and build on revolutionary change.
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In a world of moral certainty, the unthinkable becomes permissible.
-- Cullen Murphy
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Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.
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You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.
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Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from
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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.
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Life is more important than 'what film I do next.
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The next time you get scared, get sacred!
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I had two thoughts about it. One was I could do that, and the next one was I'll never get to do that.
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At a priesthood meeting... the strongest language in regard to Plural Marriage was used that I ever heard, and among other things it was stated that all men in position who would not observe and fulfill that law should be removed from their places.
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When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.
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