"Even today, some opt for the comforts of mystification, preferring to believe that the wonders of the ancient world were built by Atlanteans, gods, or space travelers, instead of by thousands toiling in the sun. Such thinking robs our forerunners of their due, and us of their experience. Because then one can believe whatever one likes about the past - without having to confront the bones, potsherds, and inscriptions which tell us that people all over the world, time and again, have made similar advances and mistakes."

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Source : Ronald Wright (2006). “An Illustrated Short History of Progress”

Ronald Wright

#Mistake Quotes #Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We can expect the climate crisis industry to grow increasingly shrill, and increasingly hostile toward anyone who questions their authority.”
“Oulipo ends where the work begins.”

Source : "Oulipo ends where the work begins" by Christopher R. Beha, www.believermag.com. September 2006.
“I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.”
“The temples perish, but the God still lives.”
“Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.”
“You know what we pride ourselves on that - although I wouldn't mind if my backside was a little smaller. But look at the original divas... take Aretha Franklin for example - I've seen her live in the States and she was mammoth, but she had that crowd under control and they doted on every movement she made! We're not little midgets but the music industry is not about that, it's about loving the music and respecting what you do.”
“A new year was a chance to start over. Maybe even, just maybe, there would be a peace on earth for one entire day.”

Source : Dorothea Benton Frank (2013). “The Last Original Wife: A Novel”, p.31, Harper Collins
“Friendship's a noble name, 'tis love refined.”

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