"Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation."

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Source : "The Columbia Book of Quotations" edited by Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press, (p. 900), 1993.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

#Men Quotes #History Quotes #Apathy Quotes

“Nobody had faith in me when I got here except my team. That's what carried me through all the transition problems and adjustments and everything.”
“Here's the thing: you're not really ready for love until you have enough self-respect that if you met your exact self, but in a guy, you would totally, completely, absolutely want to be with him.”
“Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.71, Grove Press
“Audiences crave something they've never seen before. That's what they want. They want to be dazzled. They want to go in either to have their expectations blown out of the water, or have no expectations and are dazzled by the decisions that we [filmmakers] made.”
“The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.”
“If the WWF was about talent, Taka Michinoku would have been WWF champion”
“First, the skill of storytelling helps to galvanize your team. Second, the discipline of storytelling requires leaders to be clear about their intentions and to prioritize what fits into the story versus secondary goals and issues. Third, there is possibly an artifact here - great storytellers can make their exploits and achievements sound very exciting and memorable. Successful leaders who are not good storytellers won't get the acknowledgement and appreciation they deserve.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.”

Source : Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 26, 2013.

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