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Small: Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of it
"Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: Life is made too easy. Mankinds moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury
"Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic
"It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lower
"From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: Culture means control over nature
"Culture means control over nature"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainm
"Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us
"History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form
"History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture
"Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which cont
"A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving
"The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not p
"Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper
"Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper in America?"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
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Small: The seminaries must be like the churches poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity
"The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity"
Abraham Kuyper, Theologian
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Small: In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is soverei
"In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'"
Abraham Kuyper, Theologian
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Small: Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism
"Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism"
Abraham Kuyper, Theologian
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Small: To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent
"To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Coincidence is logical
"Coincidence is logical"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Sometimes somethings got to happen before something is going to happen
"Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: You have got to shoot, otherwise you cant score
"You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Without the ball, you cant win
"Without the ball, you can't win"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Im not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works
"I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster
"Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple
"Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them
"Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: I dont want to be a thief of my own wallet
"I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet"
Johan Cruijff, Athlete
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Small: The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt
"The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: The thing is that I have a really intense, almost compulsive need to record. But it doesnt end there, because
"The thing is that I have a really intense, almost compulsive need to record. But it doesn't end there, because what I record is somehow transformed into a creative thing. There is a continuity. Recording is the beginning of a conceptual production. I am somehow collapsing the two - recording and producing - into a single event"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue
"The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it
"If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: Yeah, thats what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries als
"Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well"
Inge de Bruijn, Athlete
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Small: And I mean I never doubt anybodys record
"And I mean I never doubt anybody's record"
Inge de Bruijn, Athlete
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Small: We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency
"We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: Its a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, th
"It's a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city"
Rem Koolhaas, Architect
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Small: We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new
"We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a
"There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the worlds Muslims
"The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities
"The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims
"Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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Small: In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and int
"In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities"
Gijs de Vries, Politician
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