History repeats because no one listens the first time. These quotations remind us that the past never truly ends — it just changes costume.
My husband offered both our futures to stop one fascist bullet embedding itself in a mudbank. Kitty Oppenheimer played by Emily Blunt In Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Kitty Oppenheimer delivers a devastating reflection on the futility of sacrifice. Her words about her first husband’s death in the Spanish Civil War cut through the film’s science and
How do you remake your reputation with the dead? Thomas Cromwell playd by Mark Rylance from the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light “How Do You Remake Your Reputation with the Dead?” – Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall Thomas Cromwell’s line, delivered with a haunting sincerity by Mark Rylance in Wolf
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Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler’s quote on Tradition: Preserving the Fire, not the Ashes Introduction: Who was Gustav Mahler and why is he relevant today? Gustav Mahler was a renowned Austrian composer and conductor who lived from 1860 to 1911. He was a key
A strong man acts within that which constrains him Thomas Cromwell from the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Mantel BBC Wolf Hall https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gfy02 IMDB Wolf Hall https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3556920/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell Unleashing the Strength Within – Exploring Thomas Cromwell’s Resolve in Wolf Hall In the captivating world of Wolf Hall, the acclaimed television adaptation of Hilary
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I’m Scared Lieutenant George The most poignant line in the whole of series 4. It slams on the handbrake, whilst you still laugh from the last illustration of absurdity. Read More at How Blackadder Goes Forth captured the absurd tragedy of war Hugh Laurie played Lieutenant George in ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’. Lieutenant George Hugh Laurie
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At 26 letters long, the English alphabet isn’t the most complicated string of symbols and characters to master, even for a five-year-old. But that’s because it has been put on a strict diet over the years that helped it slim down and shed 10 additional letters that were either deemed superfluous, redundant, or just downright
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Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve got a closed mind Earl Landgrebe I prefer the quote “Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve made up my mind” but “Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve got a closed mind” is the original. His quote is famous and he is remembered unfavourably for this famous
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The dull mind rises to truth through that which is material Abbot Suger Inscription on the bronze doors made by Suger for the Abbey of St. Denis Whoever thou art, if thou seekest to extol the glory of these doors, Marvel not at the gold and the expense but at the craftsmanship of the work.
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Appalled by the state of affairs, realising the greatness and the nearness of the danger… and thinking, as men are apt to think in great crises, that when all had been done they still have something left to do, and when all had been said they have not said enough, again called on the captains
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