"There are no inevitabilities in history"

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Source : Paul Johnson (1983). “Modern times: the world from the twenties to the eighties”, HarperCollins Publishers

Paul Johnson

#Inspirational Quotes #Inevitability Quotes

“Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.”
“My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.”

Source : 1846 'Line Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day', in Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
“For so sworn good or evil an oath may not be broken and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end.”
“Nothing is too extravagant to expect from men who conceive they are ungratefully and unjustly dealt by.”
“Interior liberty is universal.”
“I always just wanted to have the wherewithal to make another record. I never really dreamt of fortune or fame, because it seemed so unlikely. I'm much more interested in people's perceptions of me than what my life is really like. It appears that some people think it's all cocaine and caviar for Okkervil River. And it's not. I'm making a little bit more than I was making at the video store right now.”
“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”
“Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.”

Source : "The Tavis Smiley Show", January 20, 2006.

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