Johan Huizinga Quotes

We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible.

Johan Huizinga

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945

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The one thing I was always told is you absolutely have to tell truth to power. Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth.

John F. Kelly

TruthPowerDecisionYouHouseTell

I thought that if I could play rugby on TV, I'd be able to get my mum a house. That was the driving factor.

Sonny Bill Williams

ThoughtDrivingHousePlayGetAble

President Clinton is one of the dominant figures on the global stage. He has lived an extraordinary life, and he has a great story to tell.

Sonny Mehta

LifeGreatStoryPresidentStage

I don't know any woman who's one dimensional, not a single one.

Ruth Bradley

WomanKnowSingleAny

Martin Luther King Jr. could have argued that separate water fountains were too expensive, a waste of money. He would have been right about that. But cost was beside the point.

Michelle Alexander

WaterMoneyKingRightPointCost

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Lord Byron

AloneBeing AloneMeGoFreshOut

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.

Doug Hoffman

DesireNeverPoliticianWantedUntil

If there's an opportunity to tell a story through acting or directing or cinematography or a book, I will embrace that opportunity.

Costa Ronin

OpportunityBookStoryActingWill

Complex astronomical instruments like the Antikythera Mechanism and the Nebra Sky Disk were made by Pagans. Our Pagan intellectual heritage includes poets and scientists and literary intellectuals of every kind, especially including those who wrote some of the most important and influential books in all of Western history.

Brendan Myers

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'Twilight' has ruined me. When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.

Ashley Greene

MeFlyingWorthHardOverCost

I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental.

Asif Kapadia

ArtSchoolLovedStudyFilmArtists

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Peter O'Toole

LiveMyselfCareBetterLongGoing

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