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Quote by George MacDonald

“As I said to Speedicut, it's hell in the diplomatic.”

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George MacDonald was a 19th-century Scottish author known for his fantasy literature and religious thought. His works had a profound influence on later writers, such as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. more

“It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talking or brooding about it, much less in making, for form's sake, a parade of it. Better and healthier to forget it, and look to tomorrow.The celebrated British stiff upper lip, the resolve to conceal emotion which is not only embarrassing and useless, but harmful, is just plain commons sense”

“A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a club for the cult of ethics.”

Ethics Clubs Cult Stock Exchange

Author:Max Weber

“I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.”

Surprise East London Driven Driving East London

Author:Zaha Hadid

“Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.”

Causes Known Available Sufficient Favour Hypothesis

Author:Max Weber

“Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state.”

Mean States Groups Share Influence Strive Distribution Distribution Of Power

Book:From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology

Source: From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology

“The so-called materialistic conception of history, with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the Communist Manifesto, still prevails only in the minds of laymen and dilettantes.”

Mind Stills Form Genius Elements Instance Conception Communist Crude Materialistic Layman Manifestos Communist Manifesto Dilettantes

Book:On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

Source: On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

“Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity.”

Virtue Integrity Intellectual Halls Lectures

Book:Max Weber's Complete Writings on Academic and Political Vocations

Source: Max Weber's Complete Writings on Academic and Political Vocations

“If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.”

Ifs Writing

Author:Alan Garner

“Ive learned never to try and force words to come.”

Trying Force I've Learned

Author:Alan Garner

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