"if reason ruled the world would history even exist?"

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Source : Ryszard Kapuscinski (2009). “Travels with Herodotus”, p.92, Vintage

Ryszard Kapuscinski

#World Quotes #Reason Quotes

“I'm a committed Republican. I believe very strongly in individual liberty. I tend not to think much in terms of group politics. I really am a kind of small government person and I'm most certainly a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense.”
“Can you question who you are? And are you comfortable with not knowing?”
“A disease which new and obscure to you, Doctor, will be known only after death; and even then not without an autopsy will you examine it with exacting pains. But rare are those among the extremely busy clinicians who are willing or capable of doing this correctly.”
“Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason”
“I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.”
“An actor cannot say no, it's against his job. If he wants the part he has to say yes. [But] it's very bad for you to say you can do something and then not do it, so you have to manage to do it.”
“This world is nothing. An illusion. Death is the release.”

Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage
“When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was "Everybody Loves a Winner.”

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