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With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration. ↗

— John Keats

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It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel. ↗

— John Keats

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Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people. ↗

— John Keegan

#fascinating #good #good men #men #most

I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university. ↗

— John Keegan

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The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people. ↗

— John Keegan

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Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

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I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it. ↗

— John Keegan

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I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper. ↗

— John Keegan

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If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. ↗

— John Keegan

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It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help. ↗

— John Keegan

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