“Literature...describes a descent. First, gods. Then demigods. Then epic became tragedy: failed kings, failed heroes. Then the gentry. Then the middle class… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
As a young adult, I began to read widely in history, philosophy, and religion - including the Bible. I began to feel… — Mike Berenstain Copy Share Image
People always said during the Monday Night Wars that the only way we were able to compete was due to a large… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
By some estimates, income and wealth inequality are near their highest levels in the past hundred years, much higher than the average… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
In the USA, we learn "art history" as Western art history, and the history of Asian, or African art is a special… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened - good, bad, ugly,… — Ruby Bridges Copy Share Image
The United States stands on the foundation of generations of servicemen and women who gave their lives to defend their country. Their… — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
“I once came upon a definition of history as ‘the process by which complex truths are transformed into simplified falsehoods’. That is… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
The surrealist thinks he has outstripped the whole of literary history when he has written (here a word that there is no… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“...and I sometimes think that the fading out of the individual personality is what one should desire, not the status of a… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
As for Israel, our friendship is rooted deeply in a shared history and shared values. Our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Church historians often ask, ‘Is the church a movement or an institution?' . . . I think it is both. . .… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
“The Resurrection is most clearly needed and most clearly revealed in those communities that are constantly seeking to correct and transform the… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Government grew under [Ronald] Reagan. He was the strongest opponent of free markets in the post-war history among presidents. But it doesn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's almost sickening now that the regulators 'on the beat' while the biggest credit collapse in modern financial history unfolded are now… — James Chanos Copy Share Image
Through all history, from the beginning, a noble army of martyrs have fought fiercely and fallen bravely for that unseen mistress, their… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
“I scrolled up through the history of our text messages. Only a few bubbles above, she’d written ‘I love you, my only.… — Rory Dunlop Copy Share Image
This club is steeped in history and I feel privileged to have become a part of that ... An immense thank you… — Patrice Evra Copy Share Image
“The Six was everything that a book club book should be: short at two hundred pages, highbrow because it dealt with English… — Kathy Cooperman Copy Share Image
“Interesting point of view is to see humankind and its history as dysfunctional humanity, from very beginnings of first cultural traits up… — Adam Kovacevic Copy Share Image
“...nothing that is historical can relate itself, from its own ground, to anything messianic. Therefore, the Kingdom of God is not the… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
The love of action is a principle of a much stronger and more doubtful nature. It often leads to anger, to ambition,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“For Nautzera there was no present, only the clamour of a harrowing past and the threat of a corresponding future. For Nautzera,… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“indeed but little is said of Him by secular historians of His time. Few and short as are the allusions to Him… — James E. Talmage Copy Share Image
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“Catholic missionaries labored earnestly to convert indians. They fervently believed that God expected them to save the Indians' souls by convincing them… — James L. Roark Copy Share Image
“I am telling you the truth. There is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The history of the thing might amuse you," he said. "When first I became one of the New Anarchists I tried all… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen… — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
Theres an awkward silence when Eric clears his throat and speaks up. So Jade, tell us about yourself. Its slightly strange but… — Jade Copy Share Image
In all the history of organized labor, from the earliest times to the present day, no body of union workingmen ever served… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“The earth will always be the same - only cities and history will change, even nations will change, governments and governors will… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
It's definitely particular to each situation, but whether it is a long history, or someone that you're intimidated by, or someone that… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In some far-off distant time, when the twentieth century history of primitive computing is just a murky memory, someone is likely to… — Charles Petzold Copy Share Image
If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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