Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes

In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.

Henry James Sumner Maine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 15, 1822 - February 3, 1888

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If you were born really ugly like me, have no fear. There's steps you can take to be good-looking. Kind of.

Jenna Marbles

FearUglyMeYouBornGood-Looking

The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.

John Lydon

GoodPoliticalGeniusWallStreet

We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for no good reason, we are encouraged to inflate and demonise our enemies in order to justify that war's indefinite continuance.

Tony Judt

GoodWarLearnWinnersNeedReason

Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for a friend who had just turned 80. I wrote a song for him called, The First 80 Years are The Hardest.

Tom Glazer

FriendTimeSongFriendsNowFirst

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

Roger Ebert

FilmmakingLot

Can a nation use the methods of terrorism? Can it harm innocent civilians in the process? What are the costs? Where is the line?

Ronen Bergman

ProcessInnocentTerrorismLineHarm

Russia can become a strategic partner in a fight against international terrorism.

Milos Zeman

FightPartnerTerrorismBecome

I'm such a perfectionist and I like to have everything just right, but at the same time I try to be as real and as genuine as I can be in my life and in my career.

Josh Turner

LifeTimeMy LifeCareerI CanTry

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.

Drew Bledsoe

FootballBaseballYouKnowDifferent

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

Donald Rumsfeld

TodayYouWillTellDaysForce

Music kind of kidnapped me for a while.

Chico Buarque

MusicMeKindKidnappedWhile

I do have a dream, a painting, the baths of La Grenouillere for which I've done a few bad rough sketches, but it is a dream. Renoir, who has just spent two months here, also wants to do this painting.

Claude Monet

PaintingBadDreamDoneTwoHere

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