"Our understanding of the thought of the past is liable to be the more adequate, the less the historian is convinced of the superiority of his own point of view, or the more he is prepared to admit the possibility that he may have to learn something, not merely about the thinkers of the past, but from them."

-- Leo Strauss

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“If you're 0-0 down, there's no-one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright.”
“Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.”

Source : Sidney Greenberg (1982). “Say yes to life: a book of thoughts for better living”, Random House Value Pub
“America is great, because America is free.”
“At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.”

Source : John Hay (1916). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Hay: Including Many Poems Now First Collected”
“I consider drawings finished works of art, first of all. However, the ideas can be something that can be developed into something larger. I don't make so many drawings anymore since I'm working with language. I used to make more when I worked with sculptural things, especially the wire pieces.”
“Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.”

Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.155, Univ of California Press
“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”

Source : Shirley Maclaine (2011). “Out on a Limb”, p.364, Bantam
“I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.”

Source : The Guardian, January 2, 1993.

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