“[from Some words about 'War and Peace' ] In those days also people loved, envied, sought truth and virtue, and where carried… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Steve Jobs thus became the greatest business executive of our era, the one most certain to be remembered a century from now.… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
It's been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful. You… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
At the State of the Union address last night, President Obama made history by using the words transgender, lesbian, and bisexual in… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I watched as people went to the memorial reading the names. I started at the first entry from 1954. I read each… — Janelle Gray Copy Share Image
The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the women's movement… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Humanitarianism needs no apology, even when its objects are Russians or Communists. Unless we recover that concern and feel it toward all… — Ralph Barton Perry Copy Share Image
“The stories don't fit back together, and it's the end of stories, those devices we carry like shells and shields and blinkers… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
In taking action we must remember that the things which are happening to the Jews today are but a part of the… — Louis Finkelstein Copy Share Image
We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“As yesterday and the historical ages are past, as the work of today is present, so some flitting perspectives and demi-experiences of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I have come to the realization that history is not a fixed thing, a collection of precise dates, facts and events (even… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
[In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
My country's history, Mr. President, tells us that it is possible to fashion unity while cherishing diversity, that common action is possible… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba,… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
History is full of people who thought they were right -- absolutely right, completely right, without a shadow of a doubt. And… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
Our history is a passion for me. I feel that we leave out so much information and huge gaps in the American… — Jasmine Guy Copy Share Image
“The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into… — Anna Comnena Copy Share Image
Disraeli was now at the height of his fame and popularity. He still had his enemies... But the people as a whole… — Christopher Hibbert Copy Share Image
“I looked at the woman crying over the doll and felt something else. I was sick of people acting against their own… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share Image
“Given the central role he had played in the greatest political upset in American history, the reporter suggested that it had all… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it.… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
“He may be incensed, said Dizzy. I've never doubted the old parson's faith, but it has no place in politics. Good God,… — Carol K. Carr Copy Share Image
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the… — Pat Conroy 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
“Being really good at something you shouldn't be doing doesn't make it any better," Mom said. "It's a history class," I said,… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history. We can choose to live today free from the failures… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I joined a gym recently. I don't have the best history in the world of sticking with my fitness regimens, but I… — Christian Finnegan Copy Share Image
I was among the people in the Superdome. I knew what was going on every minute. I did not have air conditioning… — Ray Nagin Copy Share Image
I'm interested in dissecting the manipulative qualities that always come when you combine sound with images. We have seen this exploited to… — Josephine Meckseper Copy Share Image
When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Bath was dusty and a little shabby when we moved here. It did look its age and you felt its history in… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I knew we would eventually get back together, but I don't think any of us really knew when it was going to… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
“There is no longer any class outside the class of character, and no history to put your faith in. You can actually… — Fanny Howe Copy Share Image
There are some cities that I did take time out to study, 'cause I love history and one of them was Boston,… — Connie Francis Copy Share Image
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![“[from Some words about 'War and Peace' ] In those days also people loved, envied, sought truth and virtue, and where carried away by passions; and there was the same complex mental and moral life among the upper classes, where were in some instances even more refined than now. If we have come to…” quote by Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/leo-tolstoy-55_history_from-some-words-about-war-and-peace-in-t_2034144.jpg)
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