"History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another."

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Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.2, VM eBooks

Ellsworth Huntington

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“Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit”
“It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating”
“Why donâ€™t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?”
“Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.”
“It is more important that you should know about the reverses than about the successes of the war. We shall have all eternity to celebrate the victories, but we have only the few hours before sunset in which to win them. We are not winning them as we should, because the fact of the reverses is so little realized, and the needed reinforcements are not forthcoming, as they would be in the position were thoroughly understood...So we have tried to tell you the truth the uninteresting, unromantic truth.”
“Sam Snead was born with a natural ability to keep his bar bills as low as his golf scores.”

Source : Jimmy Demaret (1954). “My Partner, Ben Hogan”, New York ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill Book Company
“I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up.”
“You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.”

Source : Joe Namath (1987). “Football for Young Players and Parents”, Fireside

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