“The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait." ( About Books; Recoiling, Rereading, Retelling , New… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
You identify with your self. You have a personal history. You have commitments. There are things that you want to experience and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself… — Silvio Berlusconi Copy Share Image
If you sit down to write a limerick, you find yourself straddling two histories: the history of the limerick form itself, which… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
When someone becomes transparent, then something shines through that person that has nothing to do with the person or any of his… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
That boom town [Abu Dhabi] proved to be the reef against which my family crashed, the story of many who seek the… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
My personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which I want to keep to myself.… — B. Traven Copy Share Image
One day I found out that personal history was no longer necessary for me and, like drinking, I dropped it... Little by… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
I've always been so interested in personal history. I'm very fascinated by my parents' and my grandparents' generations. I seem to think… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I always find it kind of more interesting when people ask questions like, "What were you like as a kid?" Or just… — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
I think that the best movies are made, not from a point of view that depends on your personal history, whether it's… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
In American Romances, her new book of essays, Rebecca Brown has a voice that is full of pop references, family stories, and… — Susan Stinson Copy Share Image
Cockburn's personal history links him to the politics of the Communist Party, and there are still moments in his writing - debating… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Everyone is always doing as well as they can within their personal limitations, their personal history, what they know and don't know… — Carl Alasko Copy Share Image
“With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he had never seen him… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
A large part of running for president is intense scrutiny on personal history and political records. But once you're in office, that… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
“If I had my way, the trip’s every moment would be a Moment—ripe with meaning, worthy of at least a sidebar or… — Brian Benson Copy Share Image
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“The relationship between a dog and a human is always complicated. The two know each other in a way nobody else quite… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
The privilege of serving my country is not only rooted in my military service, but also in my personal history. I sit… — Alexander Vindman Copy Share Image
Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
“Home is an emotional state, a place in the imagination where feelings of security, belonging, placement, family, protection, memory and personal history… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
There are stories we take on from our culture, and there are stories based on our own personal history. Some of those… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I have a personal history of intervening in labor negotiations and not negotiating for people: let them negotiate, but sitting at the… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
“Your personal history of pain, by the time you reached the age of forty, was supposedto have been folded thoroughly into the… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“Stella Suberman's Suggestions for Further Reading The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi, by Edward Cohen The Provincials: A Personal History… — Stella Suberman Copy Share Image
“Where Are You Going? Cars moving through the rain, on a Friday Night Where are you going? I would like to know… — Damine Hamilton Copy Share Image
We feel more emotion... before an amateur photograph linked to our own life history than before the work of a Great Photographer,… — Chris Marker Copy Share Image
I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
Why are people sad? Thats simple. They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“know. “Esther asks why people are sad. “‘That’s simple,’ says the old man. ‘They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image