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He is the Muslim philosopher Averroes (1126–1198) – the single identifiable representative of the thousand years between the last of the ancient Greek philosophers and Raphael’s own time, and the single representative of the vital, vibrant ...more
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Gail Honeyman
“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”
Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Samuel Johnson
“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”
Samuel Johnson, The Rambler

Vladimir Lenin
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Charles Darwin
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin, The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin

Henry Ford
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
Henry Ford

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