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I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. ↗

— George Burns

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I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

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Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.' ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. ↗

— George Burns

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I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it. ↗

— Carter Burwell

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We will not know unless we begin. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal. ↗

— John Burns

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In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. ↗

— John Burns

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Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. ↗

— Ken Burns

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I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America you have to know about the Civil War. ↗

— Ken Burns

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