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In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#always #even #governments #hatched #history

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#asked #deaf #deaf people #go #historians

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#gold #growth #like #obtained #truth

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#based #bible #concepts #findings #fit

What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#appreciate #audience #brains #i #i think

I think that money has changed my sport. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#i #i think #money #think

I think, over the years, I've kind of evolved. ↗

— Carrot Top

#i #i think #kind #over #think

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance. ↗

— Paul Tournier

#being #feel #having #heart #lovable

What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct from almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#audience #british #distinct #early #else

When you've finished a piece of work you've had a kind of love affair with it. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#finished #had #kind #love #love affair