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“It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was to measure the past by the present".”

May Said Past Science Century Serious Errors Professors Historian 18th Century

Author:D. V. Ager

“What is painting today? It's a discontinued thing, discontinued from anything serious that happened in the past.”

Today Past Happened Painting Serious

Author:Matthew Collings

“The world is in an extremely dangerous situation, and serious diseases often require the risk of a dangerous cure like the Pasteur serum for rabies.”

World Past Situation Risk Dangerous Serious Disease Cures Dangerous Situations Pasteur Rabies

Book:The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Source: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make plans for the future.”

People Mind States Moments Action Past Plans Serious Capable Life Changing State Of Mind Reflecting Departure

Book:War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Source: War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

“In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.”

Firsts Two Past Order Three President United Half Century Changed Serious Amount Citizens Finished Candidates Unlimited Iowa Hampshire New Hampshire Citizens United

Author:Mark Shields

“Now, once again, we find ourselves facing rising gas prices, and the question is: This time, are we going to learn from the past? Are we finally going to get serious about energy conservation? Of course not! We have the brains of mealworms! So we need to get more oil somehow. As far as I can figure, there's only one practical way to do this. That's right: We need to clone more dinosaurs. We have the technology, as was shown in two blockbuster scientific movies, Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park Returns with Exactly the Same Plot. Once we have the dinosaurs, all we need is an asteroid.”

“I've done my "mind over matter" movies, and I think probably that people aren't really interested in seeing me do that anymore. I think I'm kind of past my prime to do dramatic films. I think it'd become kind of like almost a pathetic cry out to be recognized as a serious drama actor.”

People Thinking Mind Kind Matter Done Past Film Actors Seeing Cry Serious Drama Dramatic Prime Pathetic

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“One of the great things about humor is, you can slip things past people with humor, you can use it as a sweetener. So you can actually tell them things, give them messages, get terribly, terribly serious and terribly, terribly dark, and because there are jokes in there, they'll go along with you, and they'll travel a lot further along with you than they would otherwise.”

People Giving Use Past Dark Serious Messages Jokes Great Things Slips Things Past Sweeteners

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.”

World Government Past Attention Serious Months Citizens Protect Increase Despite Genocide Sudan Darfur

Author:Tom Allen

“I don't think that the big crunch should be seen as a menace, but rather as an opportunity. It's one of these times in -history - and we have plenty of examples from the past - where it's possible to really make a difference. And if art is serious about claiming a central role in today's society and culture, this is the best chance it's had in ages.”

“We always think we are right, and - search as I have - there is no evil under the sun that somebody somewhere won't argue is actually a good, no idiocy that hasn't got its perfectly serious defenders, and no tyrant, past or present - no matter how bloody - without some bunch of zealot schmucks to defend him or his reputation till the last breath in their bodies - or preferably somebody else's.”

Thinking Matter Body Lasts Past Evil Sun Serious Breaths Arguing Bunch Reputation Tyrants Bloody Defenders Idiocy Zealot Schmucks

Author:Clive Barker

“Korean feminism is on the brink of death. Korea has a less clear boundary between popular literature and serious literature than in other countries. I feel that feminism is abandoned like a product that was a craze in the past.”

Feels Country Past Literature Clear Feminism Serious Products Boundaries Abandoned Other Countries Korea Korean Craze Popular Literature

Author:Kim Hyesoon

“There is a lot to look at when you are serious about transformation. You look at everything you've ever done, every circumstance you've ever been in, cleaning up everything in your past. Reconciling, forgiving others, forgiving yourself. It's a lot of work, actually.”

Looks Done Past Serious Circumstances Transformation Forgiving Our Past Cleaning Your Past Forgive Yourself Cleaning Up Forgiving Others

Author:Marianne Williamson

“In a serious sense, wanting to change something from the past doesn't work for me - change something you don't enjoy now rather than regretting it later.”

Past Enjoy Serious Regret

Author:Rory McIlroy

“If you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about the comedy boys, I'm talking about the more serious writers - it seems inevitable that almost every one has been encouraged until the critics feel that they have built them up beyond the point where they can control them; then it's time to knock them down again.”

Ifs Feels Years Has Beens Seems Past Talking Boys Five Comedy Serious Built Twenties Critics Inevitable Thirty Playwright Thirty Years Not Talking Twenty Five

Book:Conversations with Edward Albee

Source: Conversations with Edward Albee

“There were times in the past that I got angry at some members of the press whose writings greatly disrupted my serious pursuit of art and my behavior as an artist.”

Writing Art Past Artist Serious Members Behavior Angry Presses Pursuit

Author:Yayoi Kusama

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