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History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#because #change #conditions #essentials #events

The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#abstract #avoid #behind #beings #concrete

My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing. ↗

— Dan Blocker

#daddy #damn #damn thing #good #hitch

When it came to the music that we produced, I am pretty happy with what we did. ↗

— Dave Blood

#came #did #happy #i #i am

Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#call #children #dread #dreads #four

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#aspiration #children #competence #fathers #highest

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#answers #because #consideration #easy #educated

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? ↗

— Allan Bloom

#become #did #easy #every #high-school

My main objective is to prepare candidates for professional baseball; however, the majority of our graduates will go home as much better qualified amateurs. ↗

— Jim Evans

#baseball #better #candidates #go #go home

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish? ↗

— Leon Kass

#flourish #individual #mean