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«Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.»
Author: Abraham Flexner
| About:
Civilization,
Nations,
War
| Keywords:
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«Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes»
Author: Murray Edelman
| About:
Fear,
History,
Hope,
Politics,
Violence
| Keywords:
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«Politics is largely a matter of heart.»
«Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
became, becoming, cartoonist, cartoonists, executive, failed, goal, largely, obstacle, springs, spring up, successful
«Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.»
Author: Sir Robert Baden-Powell
(Army Officer)
| Keywords:
boy, example, In Training, largely, scoutmaster, Scoutmasters, training
«Man is unique in that he has plans, purpose and goals which require the need for criteria of choice. The need for ethical value is within man whose future may largely be determined by the choice he make»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
criteria, determined, ethical, largely, plans, require, unique
«I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
improve, largely, waste of time
«Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
arguing, jackass, Jackasses, largely, philosopher, philosophers, proves
«Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Literature
| Keywords:
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