Kenneth C. Davis famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Memorizing information is valuable but only if you're able to make some sense of the information and put it into a useful context. Isn't it much better if we can attach something tangible to that information?
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The following twenty years would be the nadir of American Indian history, as the total Indian population between 1890 and 1910 fell to fewer than 250,000. (It was not until 1917 that Indian births exceeded deaths for the first time in fifty years.)
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How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions?
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It is impossible to understand history, international politics, the world economy, religions, philosophy, or ‘patterns of culture’ without taking geography into account.
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The sight of one man standing up to challenge God and country is something that Madison, Jefferson and Franklin would cheer, and every American can celebrate.
-- Kenneth C. Davis
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Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.
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To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.
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It is not sufficient that what one paints should be made visible. It must be made tangible.
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The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.
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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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People's minds are overloaded with information.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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I need to be able to explain myself in context.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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