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“Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.”

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Philip Wylie was an American author known for his science fiction and adventure novels. His works often explored social and political issues, and were praised for their unique narrative style and profound philosophical insights. more

“If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea, on any excuse, to vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party (for at present machine and party are one), or for any candidate who does not stand for a new era, -- then you yourself pass into the slide of the magic-lantern; you are an exhibit, a quaint product, a curiosity of the American soil. You are part of the problem.”

“The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the character of seers. You love them because you say, These things were not made, they were seen.”

Men World Made Done Character Values Sight Proportion Seers

Book:The Collected Works of John Jay Chapman: Politics

Source: The Collected Works of John Jay Chapman: Politics

“The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.”

Past Lost Powerful New York

Book:The Collected Works of John Jay Chapman: Criticism & memoirs

Source: The Collected Works of John Jay Chapman: Criticism & memoirs

“In time I began to understand that it's when you start writing that you really find out what you don't know and need to know.”

Knows Needs Writing

Author:David McCullough

“The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?”

Humans Human Nature Luck Attraction Factors Tick

Author:David McCullough

“My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.”

Ifs Writing Trying Kind I Can Book Answers Interesting Clear Reader Compelling Shorthand

Author:David McCullough

“The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.”

Mind Hard Lasts Hard Work Scene Titles Tone

Author:David McCullough

“Every generation is equidistant from God.”

Generations

Author:Leopold von Ranke

“I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever.”

Enjoy Creative Right Now Violent

Author:Ken Burns

“I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge.”

Firsts Children Made Film Born Daughter Bridges My Children Exception Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge

Author:Ken Burns

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