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Marquis de Lafayette Quote: “I am astonished but not discouraged…”

I am astonished but not discouraged by my enormous responsibility. Devoted both from affection and duty to the cause of the people, I shall combat with equal ardor aristocracy, despotism, and faction.

November 21, 2019 1757, French, Marquis de Lafayette, Quotes by Revolutionaries, September 6

Drew Gilpin Faust Quote: “Albert Camus’s ‘La Peste’ – ‘The…”

Albert Camus’s ‘La Peste’ – ‘The Plague’ – had an enormous impact on me when I read it in high school French class, and I chose my senior yearbook quote from it. In college, I wrote a philosophy class paper on Camus and Sartre, and again chose my yearbook quote from ‘La Peste.’

October 31, 2019 1947, American, Drew Gilpin Faust, Quotes by Historians, September 18

Alan Dundes Quote: “Cities all over the world are…”

Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.

September 5, 2019 1935, Alan Dundes, American, Quotes by Educators, September 8

Greg Grandin Quote: “The only person Henry Kissinger flattered…”

The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran. In the early 1970s, the shah, sitting atop an enormous reserve of increasingly expensive oil and a key figure in Nixon and Kissinger’s move into the Middle East, wanted to be dealt with as a serious person.

June 10, 2019 1962, American, Greg Grandin, Quotes by Historians

David Whyte Quote: “If you’ve given away a sense…”

If you’ve given away a sense of your own destiny, you need enormous amounts of hierarchy and protection within the structure to make up for what you’ve given away.

May 24, 2019 1955, David Whyte, English, Quotes by Poets

Noam Chomsky Quote: “The 1950s and 1960s had been…”

The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.

May 12, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Amy Chua Quote: “Happiness is not always through success….”

Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts are that parenting is very personal. And we all feel enormous insecurity about parenting. What are they going to think of us 20 years down the line?

March 21, 2019 1962, American, Amy Chua, October 26, Quotes by Educators

Gordon Gee Quote: “College graduates work in every sector…”

College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.

March 10, 2019 1944, American, February 2, Gordon Gee, Quotes by Educators

Meghan O’Rourke Quote: “Loss is so paradoxical: It is…”

Loss is so paradoxical: It is at once enormous and tiny.

January 10, 2019 1976, American, Meghan O'Rourke, Quotes by Poets

Ulrich Beck Quote: “Initially, the horrific images of September…”

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

January 7, 2019 1944, German, May 15, Quotes by Sociologists, Ulrich Beck

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