In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer… — Brian Ferneyhough Copy Share Image
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
The scale of marital breakdowns in the West since 1960 has no historical precedent that I know of, and seems unique, .… — Lawrence Stone Copy Share Image
I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
A woman's biography - with about eight famous historical exceptions - so often turns out to be the story of a man… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
“If there was one thing that made Captain Lord Jack Blackthorn smile more than holding a pretty woman in his arms, it… — Jina Bacarr Copy Share Image
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
We fight wars not to have peace, but to have a peace worth having. Slavery is peace. Tyranny is peace. For that… — Bill Whittle Copy Share Image
I am suggesting that there is, and always has been, a rather high correlation between ethnicity and occupation/economic role throughout the various… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
What kind of authority can there be for an 'Apostle' who, unlike the other Apostles, had never been prepared for the Apostolic… — Ferdinand Christian Baur Copy Share Image
How does photography serve to legitimate and normalize existing power relationships? ... How is historical and social memory preserved, transformed, restricted and… — Allan Sekula Copy Share Image
We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again. — Al Murray Copy Share Image
It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Russia is an ancient country with historical, profound traditions and a very powerful moral foundation. And this foundation is a love for… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be an actor. I wanted to design historical movies like 'Ben-Hur'. I saw this as my life. — Dante Ferretti 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
Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
The people themselves are not a homogeneous cultural collectivity but present numerous and variously combined cultural stratifications which, in their pure form,… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
When I got the opportunity to do the new wing [the Schauhaus] for the German Historical Museum, for instance, I didn't see… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image