"Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born."

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Source : Interview with Bruce Cole, www.neh.gov. May/June 2005.

Donald Kagan

#Born Quotes #Prisoner Quotes #Accidents Quotes

“Your fans can't just pop in whenever they want. I'm not gonna allow someone to just drop over my house whenever they want like, "Hey what's up? I bought your album so what's for dinner?"”
“I think Iâ€™m dying to get to know a particular guy. Then he opens his mouth and ruins it.”
“I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.”

Source : Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways
“In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good.”
“Growing up and living in England, I'm surrounded by grey skies and sarcasm, so when I came to America, my first impressions were bright, hopeful, cheerful.”

Source : "Radiohead Artist Stanley Donwood". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. September 15, 2010.
“Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.”
“Germany has concluded a Non-Aggression Pact with Poland. We shall adhere to it unconditionally. We recognize Poland as the home of a great and nationally conscious people.”
“The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life.”

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