"I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis"

-- Antony Beevor

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Select Quotes

“Sweet memory, wafted by the gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail, To view the fairy haunts of long-lost hours, Blest with far greener shades, far fresher flowers.”
“President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.”

Source : "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
“Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I have for myself.”
“Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.”
“From Roman times to the present, Italy has been a country to fall in love with - a tribute to all that is enduring, crazy, pagan, joyous, melancholy, at once banal and divine, in the human spirit.”
“The first one I actually met was George Harrison.”
“What is best for people is what they do for themselves.”
“One of my biggest assets is my ability to focus on something and go out and get it, but it's one of my biggest weaknesses too.”

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