A revolution in itself is not a blessing. The revolution accomplished by the French people is, indeed, a wonderful event - the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Even if not one migrant turns out to vote, this was a historic debt that Mexico owed its compatriots abroad. This represents… — Ruben Aguilar Copy Share Image
My goal was to have as many of the primary sources as I could made available for people to look at and… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
What we need to do now is recognize that it is the sum total of human ingenuity that is responsible for the… — David Katz Copy Share Image
I'm coaching 'swing at this, don't swing at that,' and in the middle of it, a kid looks at me and says,… — Tony Gwynn Copy Share Image
“Your past experience must be a grid through which you evaluate every decision. Chances are, there are places you have no business… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies;… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“On the way home from school, we stop off for a slice of pizza -- Phoebe's treat. She says there's an upside… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
The accounts that history presents have to be paid. Past has to be reconciled with present in the life of a nation.… — William Pfaff Copy Share Image
As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we are, somewhere, the deep impulse which generates semiosis, And yet we recognize ourselves only as semiosis in progress, signifying systems… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We need a leader who has a sense of balance, an understanding of the ebb and flow of history and a sense… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“They will wake up one morning and realize their civilization has been pulled out from under them, inch by inch, dollar by… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“The crucial importance of human expectations has far-reaching implications for understanding the history of happiness. If happiness depended only on objective conditions… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
World War II was a historical event, but also a movie genre, and 'Fury' occasionally prints the legend. The rest of it… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Yes, we need action to deal with online hatred and abuse. But let's make sure there are clear safeguards, or history will… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
No one in sports media history has ever failed more, and been rewarded more than Bomani Jones and criticized less. Why is… — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
Some stories seem to lend themselves to telling right away. 'All The President's Men' was done, what, four or five years after… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
“History teaches us that Literary Book Awards have always been the quickest and easiest way to achieve global fame. They have helped… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
He[Michael Jackson] had a joy in being alive. There was a joy you felt of him on the stage and making us… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Bear in Mind...that all Histories from the Rock at Plymouth, and Jamestown to the present time, have been made by white men,… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
Bushmaster was such a great adversary, and Mustafa Shakir, just the way that he embodies him in terms of the power of… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The Internet is the most democratic communication platform in history, largely because we've had network neutrality rules that make sure all web… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Although the progress of civilisation has undoubtedly contributed to assuage the fiercer passions of human nature, it seems to have been less… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Wonder Woman didn't begin in 1941 when William Moulton Marston turned in his first script to Sheldon Mayer. Wonder Woman began on… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“One of the most commonly used American history textbooks is The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century. A thousand-page volume, published by… — Richard Rothstein Copy Share Image
“The point of my books is to give voice to otherwise voiceless females from history and myth, to unlock what has been… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I think history is only ever invisible when it abets your sense of self, your desires, your ambitions, when it carries your… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think ever before in the whole of human history has so much art been made, bought, and sold. It's a… — Will Gompertz Copy Share Image
Ancient history has an air of antiquity. It should be more modern. It is written as if the specator should be thinking… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Australia's distance from Europe was probably only tolerable because it had strategic commodities which England, threatened by changing European alliances, might some… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
“...Whilst on board the Beagle I was quite orthodox, and I remember being heartily laughed at by several of the officers... for… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Tuatara have been around a thousand times longer than humans. Just think about that. To survive as long as the tuatara, humans… — John Green Copy Share Image
“SO endeth this chronicle. It being strictly a history of a boy, it must stop here; the story could not go much… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Heretic Queen is historical fiction at its best. Michelle Moran seamlessly incorporates accurate details into a story full of suspense, intrigue,… — Tasha Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if our friendship is strong enough to survive into next year when we’re away at college. But. We know… — Susane Colasanti Copy Share Image
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