"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."

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M. H. Abrams

#Graduation Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Students Quotes

“In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.”
“I barely notice colors unless I taste them. Not the yellows or the greens. I taste the deeper blues. The darker reds.”
“In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.”
“I wasn't strong when I was young. The puck was maybe too heavy. I guess I tried to move the puck from side to side to keep from getting hit.”
“I hate weekends because there is no stock market”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.”

Source : Richard Whately (1854). “Essays (second Series) on Some of the Difficulties in the Writings of the Apostle Paul: And in Other Parts of the New Testament”, p.18
“Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.”
“There are so many rappers now that it's cluttering our culture. 90% of the time at a show there are more artists in the crowd than there are fans - it's too much. Too many people try to give you CD's.”

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