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.
Balaji Srinivasan Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more. – Balaji Srinivasan
Ellen DeGeneres People love gossip. It’s the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going. – Ellen DeGeneres
Ken Wahl The great majority of the things the press has written have been highly inaccurate about myself. – Ken Wahl
Jimmy Page The fourth album encapsulated some remarkable music that was really groundbreaking. We were able to have something like ‘When the Levee Breaks,’ which, sonically, was very menacing. But then you had the flip side: something like ‘Going to California,’ which is really intimate. – Jimmy Page
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