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John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

John Dalberg-Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: english
Birth: January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902

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Knowledge Past Burden Obstacle Been

Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money.

Jerry Della Femina

Humor Best Money Attention Way Get

In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed.

Melvin Van Peebles

People Writing Trying Some People

When you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it.

Picture Someone You Never Right May

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Knowledge Mystery Wonder More Always

People today expect too much from marriage. Getting married is really like taking on a big new job.

Rosamunde Pilcher

Marriage Today Job People Too Much

The truth is, the sport of skiing takes so much effort, setting up and traveling with equipment, that you can only train for a certain number of days in the summer. Most of my peers ski between 40 to 60 days. I ski about 55 days.

Truth Effort Skiing Truth Is You Up

I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.

Thoughts Know How Organise

The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many believers, may help open the way for a more theologically serious religious life.

Life Political Christian Help Fall

I'm not really in a rush to grow up.

Grow Grow Up Up Rush Really

Think Tank, noun: The shower.

Think Shower Tank Noun

I spent three months with a physical therapist understanding what a stroke is. I asked, 'What is a stroke?' I didn't really know. It's okay to mimic something, but I really needed to understand the signs.

Understanding Know Three Understand

I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of.

Sylvester Stallone

Know Unpredictable Sure Only Thing

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