"No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to draw the ignorant within the orbit of reason, and to fill with reverence for divinity the godless and the ungodly."

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Source : Richard Hakluyt (1935). “The Original Writings & Correspondence of the Two Richard Hakluyts”

Richard Hakluyt

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“There is something about guitars—maybe something magical—when played right, which evokes past, mysterious, barely-conscious sentiments, both individual and universal.”

Source : John Fahey (2000). “How bluegrass music destroyed my life: stories”, Drag City
“How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind.”

Source : Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”
“I dont consider the bloody ROI.”
“Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever will be--are fully enough for this moment . . .”
“Relief has its place. But what the people need is not relief, but release - release of their own potential for development.”
“I like to do cover songs if I really love them, I have to love the song first.”
“Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.”
“You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.”

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