"It was ironic but somehow fitting that the 1905 Revolution should have been started by an organisation dreamed up by the tsarist regime itself. No-one believed more than Father Gapon in the bond between Tsar and people."

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Source : Orlando Figes (1997). “A people's tragedy: a history of the Russian Revolution”, Viking Pr

Orlando Figes

#Father Quotes #Should Have Quotes #People Quotes

“But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good.”
“Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.”
“Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long.”
“The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of hell.”

Source : Henry George Bohn (1867). “A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index”, p.29, London : Bell & Daldy York street covent garden
“I remember Robin [Williams] walked up to me after the last take and said, "Thanks boss! We nailed it!" That will probably be one of the best moments of my life.”
“I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.”
“I can make things happen when plays break down.”
“Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest...it's about who came, and never left your side.”

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