“In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel's notion of the longue durée , the long term: that which… — Judith Herrin Copy Share Image
I was often filled with excitement to be given a platform to showcase Black history to others. I never questioned why Black… — Judi Love Copy Share Image
“If we are not registering bad events in history to learn from them, then why are we even still registering them at… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The problem now with changes in the music industry is that there's almost no point in making records anymore. The only thing… — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
We can study the whole history of salvation, we can study the whole of Theology, but without the Spirit we cannot understand.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“This is the tale of Magic Alex, the man who was everywhere: with Leonard Cohen in Hydra; in Crete with Joni Mitchell;… — Harry F. MacDonald Copy Share Image
People can relate to horses. Horses, I think, are basically in our genetic history. Horses were part of our culture, part of… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Young people - with their dynamism, their energy and their inherent understanding of our interconnected world - have much to teach us.… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Part of why history is so important in my life is because it brings you an awareness that everything isn't new. It… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
“people] can see only the human actors upon the stage of history. Wicked rulers, ruthless dictators, tyrants, oppressors, kings, governments, and presidents… — Mark Hitchcock Copy Share Image
For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
After two years of undergraduate study, it was clear that I was bored by the regime of problem-solving required by the Cambridge… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
When you look at the global situation, if America learned to be one of the many countries in the world and to… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Chapter 6- Living in a fairy tale. So next few day were about the same. We would get up, eat, and go… — Jade Copy Share Image
I strive to view my students as unique human beings all of whom come to my classroom with a personal history, cultural… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon… — Henry McNeal Turner Copy Share Image
I used to assist my chachaji in his artificial jewellery business. One day, I got the opportunity to visit V. Shantaram's film… — Jeetendra Copy Share Image
As mayor, I made decisions I never thought I'd have to make: to close schools; pause construction; turn our convention center into… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
“Joseph Smith, its enterprisingly mendacious inventor, went to the lengths of composing a complete new holy book, the Book of Mormon, inventing… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Of the Wobblies, most probably, but not just them. Of hope, perhaps, that her country might rise to the challenge, might override… — David Downing Copy Share Image
If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“...through reading, the modern man succeeds in obtaining an "escape from time" comparable to the "emegence from time" effected by myths. (...)… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school... But you won't see it in… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
To sing about freedom and to pray for its coming is not enough. Freedom must be actualized in history by oppressed peoples… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
There are some episodes in the history of Israel that are still kept under the strongest secrecy thick veil possible. Some of… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings… — Henry Lewis Mencken Copy Share Image
“When the past gets its teeth into our daily life, it may get to grips with an astringent reality and adjust our… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“The problem with all of this, as historians advise us, is that the institutionalization of the systems that produce the values upon… — Butler Shaffer Copy Share Image
“It is strange, a judicious reader is apt to say, upon the perusal of these wonderful historians, that such prodigious events never… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Like other discriminatory legislation in our country's history, immigration laws define and differentiate legal status on the basis of arbitrary attributes. Immigration… — Aviva Chomsky Copy Share Image
“From all the great and indispensable achievements the Internet has brought to our era, its emphasis is on the actual more than… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
When you look at the history of slavery in the United States, and you see the impact that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had,… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
“The “evils of faction” theme recurs throughout our history, from the writings of the “muckrakers” at the turn of the twentieth century… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
“To go back and rehearse history, as painful as it may be, gives us the chance to face the actions and words… — Mae Elise Cannon Copy Share Image
I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
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