"I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does."

-- Antony Beevor

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“As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly.”
“Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.”
“I love having real conversations with entrepreneurs who have built their companies from the ground up, with nothing but their own drive, passion, and courage, and I'm constantly learning new things as I hear each one's unique journey.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.”
“A new scientific theory is seldom stated with such clarity by its original author, and usually takes many years to creep into public conciousness.”

Source : "The Force of Knowledge: The Scientific Dimension of Society". Book by John Ziman, p. 98, 1976.
“No, ordinary behaviour. The efficient half eats the less efficient half and grows stronger. War is just a violent way of doing what half the people do calmly in peacetime: using the other half for food, heat, machinery and sexual pleasure. Man is the pie that bakes and eats himself, and the recipe is separation.”
“I think when people talk about lighter drama, they tend to use that term, not derogatorily, but 'lighter' means sort of less to a degree, but if you're an actor, light drama is often mistaken for easier drama.”
“I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point.”

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