"The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context"

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Source : Edward Hallett Carr (1965). “What is History?”

Edward Hallett Carr

#Order Quotes #Giving Quotes #Facts Quotes

“The universe is computing its own destiny.”
“I've gotten jobs because I'm a woman, and I've lost jobs because I'm a woman. So just do the best work you can. It won't go unnoticed.”

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“The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of obedience to Christ, to heal those who hurt, to take away fear, to restore community, to belong to one another, to proclaim the Good News while living it out. The church is the invisible made visible.”
“It's true. Happiness is a big thing.”
“I've noticed from my fans that we hide the things that we are facing.”
“It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.”
“Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.”
“That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.”

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