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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. ↗

— David Hume

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Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. ↗

— Epictetus

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To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness. ↗

— Edmund Husserl

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Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. ↗

— Julian Huxley

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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. ↗

— H. G. Wells

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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam. ↗

— Jack Irons

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Once you begin reviewing judgment calls, which in basketball there are many, you put yourself on a very slippery slope in terms of what could be reviewed, and ultimately the number of reviews that could take place that would make it unwieldy. ↗

— Stu Jackson

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My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me. ↗

— Chris Evert

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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

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