The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
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History is nothing but assisted and recorded memory. It might almost be said to be no science at all, if memory and faith in memory were not what science necessarily rest on. In order to sift evidence we must rely on some witness, and we must trust experience before we proceed to expand it. The line between what is known scientifically and what has to be assumed in order to support knowledge is impossible to draw.
~ George Santayana
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The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler the trap he must be caught in.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The celebrity never sees himself. I have some idea what I’m doing on that stage; above all, I have some idea what sustains me on that stage. But the celebrity is not exactly Jimmy, though he comes out of Jimmy and Jimmy nourishes that, too. I can see now, with hindsight, that I would’ve had to become a celebrity in order to survive.
~ James Baldwin
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardness yields, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
~ Mark Twain
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Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother.
~ Janet Malcolm
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Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy’s unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.
~ Sun Tzu
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The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Both artists and neurotics speak and live from the subconscious and unconscious depths of their society. The artist does this positively, communicating what he experiences to his fellow men. The neurotic does this negatively.
~ Rollo May
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Eras are conveniences, particularly for those who never experienced them. We carve history from totalities beyond our grasp. Bolt labels on the result. Handles. Then speak of the handles as though they were things in themselves.
~ William Gibson
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