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«There were epochs in the history of the humanity in which the writer was a sacred person. He wrote the sacred books, universal books, the codes, the epic, the oracles. Sentences inscribed on the walls of the crypts; examples in the portals of the temples. But in those times the writer was not an individual alone; he was the people.»
Author: Augusto Roa Bastos
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About:
Books,
Writers
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codes,
crypt,
epic,
epics,
epochs,
examples,
History of the,
inscribe,
inscribed,
oracles,
portal,
portals,
sentences,
temples,
The History of,
wrote
«The history of the world is the record of a man in quest for his daily bread and butter»
«The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather than Kennedy is that Onassis probably wouldn't have married Mrs Khrushchev.»
«The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.»
Author: Paul Gauguin
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About:
Art
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Keywords:
bafflement,
concern,
History of,
history of art,
History of the,
increasingly,
loss,
modern art,
modern history,
progressive,
Progressives,
The History,
The History of,
The Progressive
«The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.»
Author: Ruth Benedict
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About:
Community,
History,
Life
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Keywords:
accommodation,
accommodations,
first and foremost,
foremost,
handed-down,
handed,
History of the,
life history,
patterns,
standards,
traditionally
«The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.»
«The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
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Philosopher)
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About:
History,
Leadership
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Keywords:
bravery,
confidence man,
History of,
History of the,
History of the world,
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self confidence,
sheer,
sheerer,
tenacity,
The History,
The History of
«There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for World War II. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, it's possible.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
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Humorist,
Journalist,
Writer)
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in gear,
Kuwait,
Middle East,
Saddam,
Saddam Hussein,
The Middle East,
world war,
World War II
«The history of the world which is still taught to our children is essentially a series of race murders»
«The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.»