"The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present."

-- Ernest Dimnet

#Past Quotes #History Quotes #Interest Quotes

“Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.”
“It's an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: 'Wow, I'm not the person I thought I was. I'm in the middle of something and I can't actually deal with it.'”
“Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact?”
“If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.”
“Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth.”
“Men really need sea-monsters in their personal oceans. An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.”
“To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive.”
“Capital formation is shifting from the entrepreneur who invests in the future to the pension trustee who invests in the past.”

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