Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
British journalist, author, and historian who edited the New Statesman and penned over forty works, including the 1959 novel, Left of Centre, and the 1997 non-fiction work, A History of the American People. He also wrote four works on art and architecture and two memoirs.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 November 1928
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Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best of these schools are characterized not so much by what they teach and how they teach it but by the extent they provide opportunities and encouragement for students to teach themselves.
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Over the last half-century, anti-Semitism has been the essential theology of the Arab world. The Arabs have wasted trillions in oil royalties on weapons of war and propaganda . . . In their flight from reason, they have failed to modernize or civilize their societies, to introduce democracy, or to consolidate the rule of law.
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I thought Troy Goss did some good things today. Hampton was a little rusty today, but got better towards the end of practice.
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I think it's really more a tribute to what the Naval Academy's all about. We're fortunate here in San Diego that we have some military bases and a lot of people are stationed in the area, and hopefully they're proud of what's going on at the academy.
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I think that some of the effect will be down the road, like crawfish season for next year. I think that naturally prices will be higher for a couple of reasons, fuel prices and the hurricane.
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I think they had some fun and played, but I don't know what you make of that. The conditions were tough and we've got some guys hurt. ... Both teams made enough mistakes to lose 10 times.
I think the whole thing was kind of railroaded.
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I think there's a lever on the side of your chair that might make you appear a little taller than you are,
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I think there's a couple of reasons: One, I don't think they understand it. I think they see it and hear 'option' and think that's 3 yards and a cloud of dust, which couldn't be further from the truth.
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It does not always pay to have a golden tongue unless one has the ability to hold it
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I think the stocks are going to do better, because everyone is going to realize it is not a disaster, and maybe the worst is behind us,
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It hope it settles down and we get some good training in.
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Lad Of The Manor is probably the best weight-for-age horse in Australia at the moment.
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Like many physical diseases, anti-Semitism is highly infectious, and can become endemic in certain localities and societies. Though a disease of the mind, it is by no means confined to weak, feeble, or commonplace intellects; as history sadly records, its carriers have included men and women of otherwise powerful and subtle thoughts.