My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries. — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
“If we are going to revisit the past, let us go there only to learn from our past mistakes, and not to… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing. — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Historical judgement is not a variety of knowledge, it is knowledge itself; it is the form which completely fills and exhausts the… — Benedetto Croce Copy Share Image
For all those who are interested in the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, esthetic, historical or any other aspects of our dance art... It… — Padma Subrahmanyam Copy Share Image
With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for… — Victor Ponta Copy Share Image
All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Most of my professional work has been in these areas - as a historical critic, as a literary critic. I've done very… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
It's still funny for me to think of myself as someone who writes historical fiction because it seems like a really fusty,… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history… — Ruth May Fox Copy Share Image
A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable… — Gavin de Beer Copy Share Image
“The word "We" is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The People's Liberation Army is always a fighting force. Even after countrywide victory, our army will remain a fighting force during the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Just recognizing and naming that many of the things we treat as historical fact are stories can help erode their power over… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
In India there was a sense of time that does not tick with modern clocks, just as there is a knowledge that… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Mannequins are both a reflection of our social norms and and a beacon for our ideals.” — Brandy Isadora Copy Share Image
The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“What makes you think you can stop me?” “I’m a lady, and you’re a gentleman.” He smirked. “Are you sure about that?”… — Jayne Fresina Copy Share Image
I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped. — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler — Wilhelm Canaris Copy Share Image
The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining. — Sandra Gulland Copy Share Image
For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“It’s sometimes a blessing that great historical figures don’t live to see what people do to their visions.” — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History has become more important than ever because of the to unprecedented ability of the historical sciences to take in man's life… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
[God in the Law given to Moses] having forbidden all unlawful marriage, and all unseemly practice, and the union of women with… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
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![“Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history of Utah. The committee informed us they had passed on W[oman] S[uffrage] being ten to five in favor.” quote by Ruth May Fox](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b31/ruth-may-fox-274987_committees_presented-memorial-to-constitutional-con_1614044.png)
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