“It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
I have read somewhere or other,-in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think,-that history is philosophy teaching by examples. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
“You could have arrived atop a wildcat and no one would have said a word. They will adore you.” — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing. — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical,… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
The Rothschilds have conquered the world more thoroughly, more cunningly, and much more lastingly than all the Caesars before... — Frederic Morton Copy Share Image
Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
“I travel back in time, falling back into what I know for certain, the historical data I cling to in order to… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
And what more should I say since it expels the whole host of the virtues from the chamber of the human heart… — Peter Damian Copy Share Image
And the American people should be made aware of the trend toward the monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how that developed from Early and Old… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom,… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the… — Alex Nunns Copy Share Image
“The marine underworld stretched below the ship and embodied many secrets. The disappearance of Olga had become one of the mysteries that… — Tiffany Apan Copy Share Image
What I did that was new was to prove that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular, historical phases… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The Genealogical Science is a wonderful account of how old-fashioned race science has come to be re-defined by resort to the most… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
We are recipients of God's choicest blessings. We enjoy an abundance of material things beyond that enjoyed by any other nation in… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The music of all the different media of life-memories, images, feeling-tones, poetic-musical connotations of phrasing-is kaleidoscopic and doesn't repeat itself or recur.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
What was fun for me with this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] was to start out with the principle that went, "We're… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
That the language of the poetry of Jamaican music is rastafarian or biblical language cannot simply be put down to the colonizer… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins. — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
“Mother was like this sometimes. Conversations became riddles with traps in them, and your answers had consequences.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
There is no useful information contained in historical price movements of securities. — Louis Bachelier Copy Share Image
There is no greater advocate of perestroika than the president of the United States. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
All the historical elements should feel organic to the story but not hammered down to serve a purpose. — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries. — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos. — Thomas A. Bailey Copy Share Image
“Follow your heart as long as you live...Bring your whole heart towards excellence...And no limit may be set to art.” — The Instruction of Ptahhotop Copy Share Image
Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later. — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I then realized my analytics data was a bit odd. My keywords were no longer with me — Douglas Bader Copy Share Image
Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the… — William Webb Copy Share Image
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