"It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of the need to find new ways of reading the past as an inspiring way of thinking about everything else, including the present."

-- Colm Toibin

#Country Quotes #Reading Quotes #Past Quotes

“A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.”
“The government could either raise $100 by selling allowances and then give that amount in cash to particular businesses and individuals, or it could simply give $100 worth of allowances to those businesses and individuals, who could immediately and easily transform the allowances into cash through the secondary market.”
“In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.”
“Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit.”
“A charming woman is a busy woman.”
“Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of policies in the name of public health that are aimed at regulating personal behavior.”
“Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven't done.”
“The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.”

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