A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
The novel since its origins has been the privatization of history... the history of private life ... and in that sense every… — Jose Emilio Pacheco Copy Share Image
Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime. — Harry Elmer Barnes Copy Share Image
All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon — Voltaire Copy Share Image
There are interesting scientific and historical connections between these things that I just love. — William Gurstelle Copy Share Image
I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction. — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
In order to experience and understand what it means to be a Christian, it is always necessary to recognize a definite historical… — Johann Baptist Metz Copy Share Image
And that is how we intend to destroy the enemy!" The superior shakes his head wearily. "Young man, the Soviets are our… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Of course, we also are soberly aware that historical problems remain in cross-strait relations, and that there will be issues in the… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
Just look at Poland, a sort of European perspective this has. So we have an interest in seeing this relationship be a… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
The highest historical probability can be adduced in support of the proposition that, if it were possible to annihilate the Bible, and… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I had to go in and do the work of toning [invented "historical" bits] down in order to make them fit [in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“She strove for poised composure, despite feeling like a powerless pawn in a despicable game of human chess, played for the amusement… — Collette Cameron Copy Share Image
It is impossible to understand the economic system in which we are living if we try to interpret it as a rational… — Edwin Arlington Robinson Copy Share Image
Humanism is an overemphasis on human worth and ability, leading man to glorify himself instead of God...While its historical forms may vary,… — David Fisher Copy Share Image
For a long time I felt that FDR had developed many thoughts and ideas that were his own to benefit this country,… — Curtis Bean Dall Copy Share Image
Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Our dreams of bringing the whole of human history under the control of the human will are ironically refuted by the fact… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonance… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: the humility of faith, if it is followed by the proper consequences-by the acceptance of the work and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I always believed that photography was subjective, interpretive and certainly did not represent the truth, but I did think that its status… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
“Calmly, slowly, she reached behind with her left hand and came up against — yes, fabric. Fine linen, to be precise. So… — Y.S. Lee Copy Share Image
And I'd like to say to the Senate, I hope you will say yes to a stronger American democracy in the year 2000. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Historical accuracy often fell victim when it came to matters of political or religious convenience.” — H. L. Tinsley Copy Share Image
The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Long historical books get written by women, but not contemporary experiments, which still seems to be a very male-dominated field. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Purely historical thought is nihilistic; it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
The church lives because it witholds the results of the historical Jesus-research from you — Hans Conzelmann Copy Share Image
The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The thing people forget when they are looking for solutions is there is nothing final in history. — Amira Hass Copy Share Image
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
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