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Geoffrey Elton

"When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the presence of a bad historian, and there are times when I incline to judge all historians by their opinion of Winston Churchill -- whether they can see that, no matter how much better the details, often damaging, of man and career become known, he still remains quite simply, a great man."

Source : 1970 Political History, ch.2.

Geoffrey Elton

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“If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.”

Source : "No kidding" by Chris Roberts, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2005.
“Events and developments that we have observed in 2014, prove that this year will be very difficult for the world economy, but thoughtful economic policy, diversification and unity between the country's leadership and people guarantee that this year will be successful for us.”
“RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds and properly dispose our listeners to a pain they have never dreamed of. The context of what can be known establishes that love and indifference are forms of language, but the wise addition of punctuation allows us to believe that there are other harms - the dash gives the reader the clear signal they are coming.”

Source : Ben Marcus (2013). “The Age of Wire and String”, p.92, Granta Books
“Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again... Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Savior... Are these things minor or insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it, since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state?”
“The trick is: you have to feel good for no reason.”
“Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out.”
“Either you like a person or you don't like a person. I don't have to love somebody to work with them. I'm a professional person. But when you get the bonus of really liking someone and really connecting with them and really enjoying them, it's a fantastic thing.”
“We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is the preferable of the two.”

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