"Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS"

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Source : Steve Berry (2010). “The Emperor's Tomb (with bonus short story The Balkan Escape): A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books

Steve Berry

#Past Quotes #Study Quotes

“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.”

Source : Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.93, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Climate protection creates sustainability and jobs in the real economy - in construction, in the production of heavy machinery and in systems engineering.”
“Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.”
“You have to name it to claim it”
“Abolishing slavery leads to slaves without masters”
“There is a power so organized, so subtle, so complete, and so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”
“You can't test courage cautiously.”

Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “An American Childhood”, p.102, Canongate Books
“If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The entertainment industry is the enemy. The corporate culture is the enemy. The advertising industry is the enemy. And most of the politicians in both parties are the enemy. An enemy is defined as anybody, or any organization, which is attacking the traditional beliefs of Americans.”

Source : "Lawmakers, health professionals blast entertainment industry for marketing adult material to children" By Ian Christopher McCaleb, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2000.

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