“Whatever befalls us, we will endure it together. I clutch my longbow and dagger close to my side. My last thoughts linger… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp -… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
I call my mom from the car. I tell her that Neutral Milk Hotel is playing at the Hideout and she says,… — John Green Copy Share Image
We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or… — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
I think deep down, this planet yearns for the days of the British Empire again. They long once more to be treated… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
The Gospel of Thomas, greatly favored in some circles, is ignored by archaeologists, primarily because it exhibits no verisimilitude. It tells us… — Craig A. Evans Copy Share Image
“While taste conveys the complexity of life, a good chef should keep in mind that food can have a meaning that is… — N.M. Kelby Copy Share Image
Killing Lincoln is a must-read historical thriller. Bill O'Reilly recounts the dramatic events of the spring of 1865 with such exhilarating immediacy… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
Like every man who appears at an epoch which is historical and rendered famous by his works, Jesus Christ has a history,… — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image
There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
You get into theological education and you're busy marking papers and getting into administration in raising funds and doing all the things… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour,… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“He turned to look at her. "We've some talking to do." "Didn't we do that on the plane ride over here?" "I… — Donna Grant Copy Share Image
That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed… — Jeremy Jackson Copy Share Image
“Some people remember the sixties better than others do. Some weren't even there, some who were there were not really there, and… — Tom Hays Copy Share Image
The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain… — David Trimble Copy Share Image
Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable… — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
It often happens that the mind of a person who is learning a new science has to pass through all the phases… — Stanislao Cannizzaro Copy Share Image
This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Within the stable economy it's necessary to eliminate all forms of sexual discrimination, and to provide women for the first time in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine [students] out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is… — William Torrey Harris Copy Share Image
“Slow down,’ he said, ‘so I can see how you do it,’ but she’d laughed and said, ‘I can’t slow down, if… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
It was the French Revolution that served as the catalyst of this renovation. Its impact was to make the concept of popular… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“For everything is history: What was said yesterday is history, what was said a minute ago is history. But, above all, one… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
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