Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals… — Michael K. Simpson Copy Share Image
I was actually asked to do the Christmas design for the White House. I thought it would be interesting, given that it… — Jonathan Scott Copy Share Image
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I've been really fortunate and I've just tried to focus on the work and getting people to see Mexico, its food and… — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
For any student of history, change is the law of life. Any attempt to contain it guarantees an explosion down the road;… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
According to energy medicine, we are all living history books. Our bodies contain our histories- every chapter, line and verse of every… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
“Yet what is inescapably different about today is that never in the history of human life have so many people been so… — Jonathan A. Moo Copy Share Image
“For the first time in history, children are growing up whose earliest sexual imprinting derives not from a living human being, or… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
As well as our relationship with Afghanistan, I am researching the legacy of other European empires - in Africa. We think of… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
“For man to enter history as the rational animal, it was necessary for him to be convinced that the objects of his… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
“I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“There were history's gifts to my family-and if the resources of that grocer, the fruits of those riots, the possibilities of that… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“The playwright Edward Albee has characterized [the suddenness of the appearance of fruits and flowers in evolutionary history] as 'that heartbreaking second… — Adam Leith Gollner Copy Share Image
“We find ourselves in the last of the three generations history chooses to repeat every now and then. The first generation needs… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
I reveled in political science and history of all kinds, and I felt for a long time that I had discovered all… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
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The history of New Orleans was always a fascination to me - such a blend of light and darkness and plague and… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
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“Beautiful prairies, bordered by lofty hills sparsely scattered with timber, stretch around. The massive fronds of the Pinus Ponderosa replace the elegant… — Nancy Marguerite Anderson Copy Share Image
He bows his and I bow mine back and then poke him in the stomach. He walks out of the kitchen leaving… — Jade Copy Share Image
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“I know quite well why I became a historian… It was because dissension was frowned upon when I was a child: 'Don't… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less… — Ken Salazar Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about the history of poetry in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries is that people who read… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
If you're trying to do something wholly new, it's hard to fully trust it. But if you use forms that have come… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking… — Eduard Shevardnadze Copy Share Image
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“I must talk, and you must listen, for we are engaged here in the most important pursuit in history: the search for… — John Green Copy Share Image
“By journey's end the brides were much better acquainted with their grooms and more or less pleased with the matches. Sybil Bingham… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
We humans are still a very primitive culture, and it's one of the traps we've fallen into over the course of our… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
When you look at the women that have made a real difference in the world throughout history, what they’ve done has almost… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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