"Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are becoming a numerate society: almost instinctively there seems now to be a greater degree of truth in evidence expressed numerically than in any literary evidence, no matter how shaky the statistical evidence, or acute the observing eye."

-- J. H. Plumb

#Eye Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.”

Source : "Rapping the Vote With Chuck D". Interview with Jeff Chang, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2004.
“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.”
“Ultimately, the goal of hitting is to get your mind out of the way and let your body take over - and to slow the game down”
“I will continue to pursue my music and live my life with my family.”
“I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.”
“Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.”
“I really do think that art can save you in some sense. It's the last meaning, unless you're religious-and I'm not religious. It's the only secular vehicle for transcendence we have. It's an immediate self-validating experience. It lifts you beyond your mortal clay.”
“Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.”

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