Eric Hobsbawm Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it. – Eric Hobsbawm Contradictions Quotes Historians Quotes Justifies Quotes Nation Quotes Nations Quotes People Quotes Produce Quotes Terms Quotes There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities. It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they’re not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.
Dave Eggers You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time. – Dave Eggers
Adam West If you paint a picture and I paint a picture, we each want to do it our own way. And we’ll stand or fall on whatever we did. – Adam West
Josh Rosen I can be a prickly personality at times, but none of it’s ever malicious. I don’t think anyone who really knows me on a deep level thinks I’m a bad guy. I like to think I’m a good guy. – Josh Rosen
MusicTom Waits What you want is for music to love you back. That’s why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it. – Tom Waits
Joe Maddon I’ve always kind of stayed free of coaching because I really want to stay out of coaches’ way so they can do their job. – Joe Maddon
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