"Too many so-called historians are really 'hysterians'; their thinking is more visceral than cerebral. When their duties as citizens clash with their responsibilities as scholars, Clio frequently takes a back seat."

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Source : Thomas A. Bailey (1969). “Essays Diplomatic and Undiplomatic of Thomas A. Bailey”, p.10, Ardent Media

Thomas A. Bailey

#Responsibility Quotes #Thinking Quotes #History Quotes

“I loved playing Sasha. You don't have this on every job, or every show or movie, but every day was really an adventure, character wise, for what I got to do at that age.”
“Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.”

Source : George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.98
“If the Devil's in yer pants make cheese with him.”
“We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.”
“I've said before that the Ryder Cup is not the European Tour versus the American Tour. It's Europe's best golfers against the US.”
“I think faith is the one common denominator between everything that goes on at the race track - a faith in Christ.”

Source : "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.
“People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.”
“But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.”

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