"History is too often the refuge of the tidy-minded, making neat patterns when the dust has settled."

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Source : Melvyn Bragg (2013). “The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language”, p.51, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Melvyn Bragg

#Dust Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Neat Quotes

“War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.”
“The creative person finds himself in a state of turmoil, restlessness, emptiness, and unbearable frustration unless he expresses his inner life in some creative way.”
“Each day was a challenge of enjoyment, and he [Hemingway] would plan it out as a field general plans a campign.”
“White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.”
“Take an expansive view of the consumers needs and expand beyond your current boundaries.”
“I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.”
“Dealing with corruption and staying calm is a talent most of us in India have mastered and learnt to live with.”
“My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.”

Source : "R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. February 27, 2015.

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