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
Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
There are filmmakers like me in different parts of the world that have a story they want to tell, and it's a… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
It seems to me the only pertinent question is: cui bono? It is clear that the size of the privileged strata as… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised that subordination,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share Image
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ...What is interesting is brought forward as if it had… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Economy and ideology. The claim (presented as an essential postulate of historical materialism) that every fluctuation of politics and ideology can be… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
…the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
The idea was that those who direct the overall conspiracy could use the differences in those two so-called ideologies [Marxism/fascism/socialism v. democracy/capitalism]… — Myron Coureval Fagan Copy Share Image
I think utopianism and eschatology are really two sides of the same coin. They both assume that some massively transformative event is… — Phillip Sandifer Copy Share Image
The most advanced, creative and original thinking is always a product of historical context and the influences of previous geniuses, mentors, and… — Michael J. Gelb Copy Share Image
People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
The purer the artist's 'mirror' is, the more true reality reflects in it. Overseeing the historical culture of art, we must conclude… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes - just two… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Every hope of successive generations of scholars that order might be constructed from the chaotic mess of medical nomenclature has been frustrated.… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see… — James A. Forbes Copy Share Image
Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems.… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
I believe the example of the Zapatistas is a very relevant historical example. I would say it is one of the forms… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
I mean, every novel's a historical novel anyway. But calling something a historical novel seems to put mittens on it, right? It… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The Messianic era is the present age, which began to germinate with the teachings of Spinoza, and finally came into historical existence… — Moses Hess Copy Share Image
I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
America is now the only global superpower, and Eurasia is the globe's central arena. Hence, what happens to the distribution of power… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
“I may not have journeyed to other lands, but a trip through the fairy glade is a journey few others have taken,… — Leigh Ann Edwards Copy Share Image
I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged to follow our dreams. However, after I graduated… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority... National sovereignty… — Strobe Talbott Copy Share Image