"History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea."

-- Henry Adams

#History Quotes #Fleas Quotes #Irritated Quotes

“I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.”
“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.”
“I'm not an intellectual composer.”
“In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.”
“Nothing is proved, all is permitted.”

Source : Theodore Dreiser (2015). “The Titan: Top American Novels”, p.204, 谷月社
“I've almost been hit by a lot of things in New York City. I am pretty sure I have almost been hit by a bike messenger before.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Humility responds to God's will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts. Someone has said, "Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man."”
“And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species - to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.”

Source : "Why The Future Doesn't Need Us" by Bill Joy, www.wired.com. April 1, 2000.

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