Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

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Topic

Change starts at home Self-improvement Personal growth Change Progress

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Three Methods of Reform

Medium

Essay

Language

Russian

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Three Methods of Reform." Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian. Free Age Press, 1900.

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Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

Leo Tolstoy

What Is Art?

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Purpose of art

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Essay
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Language
Russian
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What is Art? London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 1996.

Another quote from the 1900s

In life, as in a foot-ball game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard!

Theodore Roosevelt

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Going for it

Author

Theodore Roosevelt
Language
English
Time
1900 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The American Boy." St. Nicholas Magazine, May 1900.

Another quote about Change

For the loser now will be later to win,
For the times they are a-changin'.

Bob Dylan

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Topic
Change Underdogs Justice
Speaker
Bob Dylan
Source
The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)
Medium
Song
Genre
Protest music Folk music
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

Another quote originally in Russian

Education is a weapon whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Joseph Stalin

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Topic
Power of education Education
Speaker
Joseph Stalin
Language
Russian
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Stalin, Joseph. "Marxism VS. Liberalism: An Interview." Interviewed by H. G. Wells. New Century Publishers, Sept. 1937.