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Letter "P" » periods
«War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states»
«Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.»
«The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.»
Author: Milton Friedman
(Economist)
| Keywords:
depression, depressions, economies, economy, Economy of, Great Depression, inherent, instability, mismanagement, periods, private, produced, severe, severer, the Depression, the Great Depression, unemployment
«The traveler, however virginal and enthusiastic, does not enjoy an unbroken ecstasy. He has periods of gloom, periods when he asks himself the object of all these exertions, and puts the question whether or not he is really experiencing pleasure. At such times he suspects that he is not seeing the right things, that the characteristic, the right aspects of these strange scenes are escaping him. He looks forward dully to the days of his holiday yet to pass, and wonders how he will dispose of them. He is disgusted because his money is not more, his command of the language so slight, and his capacity for enjoyment so limited.»
Author: Arnold Bennett
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aspects, disgusted, dispose, dispose of, dully, gloom, holiday, periods, scenes, suspects, The Traveler, traveler, unbroken, virginal
«Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Tranquility
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periods, prolific, stirred, stirred up, tranquility
«Spots are on the surface of the solar body where they are produced and also dissolved, some in shorter and others in longer periods. They are carried around the Sun; an important occurrence in itself.»
Author: Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher)
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Science
| Keywords:
and others, dissolved, occurrence, occurrences, periods, shorter, spots, surface of
«Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
acknowledge, alleviation, encounter, in history, misery, periods, silencing, weep
«The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| Keywords:
amelioration, humdrum, mainly, periods, uninspiring
«The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.»
«There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom.»
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