I think it's crucial to recognize that we are so fortunate to have this human birth where we can practice what we… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
A lot of the changes are so gradual that they don't even qualify as news, or even as interesting: they're so mundane… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
At what point in human history, when was the last time it was possible for any human being to know everything that… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Cribbage!” I declared, pulling out the board, a deck of cards, and pen and paper, “Ben and I are going to teach… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
What kinds of problems, and what kinds of meanings, happen in the paint? Or as one historian puts it, 'What is thinking… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
I love and revere the rich and proud history of America. And I am determined to take our best traditions into the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The history of institutions is often a history of deception and illusions; for their virtue depends on the ideas that produce and… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The science-fictional motif of lethal, infectious information - bad memes - is a fascinating one, with an extended history. One of the… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I watch Raffy as she removes the pickles from her hamburger and hands them over to Santangelo without them exchanging a word… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“So I say this. Speak of them. Speak of those that died. Speak of all those who ever died--in all the world's… — Susan Fletcher Copy Share Image
The University of Cambridge, in accordance with that law of its evolution, by which, while maintaining the strictest continuity between the successive… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
You can't anticipate history. It's only when you look back you see what the Romans did, and what various other empires did,… — Roma Tearne Copy Share Image
“The Finality. In historical polemics this feature of the atonement has been urged against the Romish doctrine of the sacrifice of the… — John Murray Copy Share Image
“For the first time in the history of America, New Deal policies made homeownership a real possibility for white families, but black… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
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“Nothing quite like it in the whole history of music," announced Morse magisterially, after Brünnhilde had ridden into the flames and the… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For Rhaenyra, dragons are so embedded within Targaryen identity and power, and history. So many of Rhaenyra's questions are about self-actualization and… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
To the best of my knowledge and of my effort, every lineage statement within 'Roots' is from either my African or American… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I've often said that far more sensible than a 'make poverty history' campaign would be a 'make wealth history' campaign. It is,… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
If you go back far enough and get a wider enough picture of history, we have let go of many things that… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“I love long regarded my country as a secret, as a land half-won, its story half-told. It was as if the past… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
She died when I was 16 and I just think no history books, nothing is ever going to talk about my grandmother.… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
George H.W. Bush had perhaps the greatest resume in American history. Director of the CIA, ambassador to the U.N., envoy to China,… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
“Augustine recast how people should view history, that history was not the story of the rise and fall of empires because those… — Thomas F. Madden Copy Share Image
The climate has been changing. Of course it [has]. Evidence throughout history, [which] we can assess, especially during human history, shows there… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
![“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right…” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d75/morgan-parker-6193_different_since-the-election-of-donald-trump-i-ve_1149337.jpg)
![“History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different from the events themselves, much as the minds of the gods cannot be read just by witnessing their deeds.” quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b20/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_deeds_history-is-opaque-you-see-what-comes-out_237423.png)
![“The climate has been changing. Of course it [has]. Evidence throughout history, [which] we can assess, especially during human history, shows there have been ups and downs. But the last ten thousand years have been relatively stable compared to now.” quote by Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/510/sylvia-earle-1756_climate_the-climate-has-been-changing-of-course_1464620.jpg)
