"Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so."

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Source : Barbara Tuchman (2015). “The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam”, p.131, Crux Publishing Ltd

Barbara Tuchman

#Strong Quotes #Power Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Anyone taking ***** is thinking about taking ***** more than they're thinking about anything else. That's the general rule about most drugs.”
“The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each of these 'sins' as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification.”
“Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.”
“Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.”
“It is at the cross-roads that skepticism is born, not in a hermitage.”
“There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.”
“We're in this period where we're getting good data rates. I would say we're getting data rates that are like the data rates we got when we launched RealAudio in 1995.”

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