Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
“both the Great Depression and World War II directly contributed to the Great Leap.” — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
People know Detroit for the cars, but the suburban areas of the city are really beautiful. It's much more inhabitable than people… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
World War II was really unusual, because America was in the Great Depression before. So the war did help the US economy… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
One of the songs that stayed in my head that I really considered a lot was an old folk song called 'John… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages, cathendrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagining a World… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“The Adoption When Paul Jobs was mustered out of the Coast Guard after World War II, he made a wager with his… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Each of us is free to move our consciousness through that infinite pattern of possibilities as we please. If we're filled with… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“Hundreds of political assassinations related to minority races, labor leaders and spokesmen against fascism have taken place in the U.S. since World… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
My parents met at Fort Riley, Kan., during World War II. My father was an Army civilian; he had been trampled by… — Marillyn Hewson Copy Share Image
I'm unhappy with the President Trump. I don't like his behavior, and I'm a Republican, and I don't like his policies because… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives. — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Our modern world defined God as a ‘religious complex’ and laughed at the Ten Commandments as OLD FASHIONED. Then, through the laughter… — Cecil B. DeMille Copy Share Image
“The treatment accorded the Negro during the Second World War marks, for me, a turning point in the Negro’s relation to America.… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I think at the time, my radicalization was not through growing up Chinese, but through the role that the black people were… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I have the manual, and the sad thing is that many of the techniques are exactly the same ones with a few… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks. The Second World War claimed… — Jean-Marie Le Pen Copy Share Image
“My books are a subject of much discussion. They pour from shelves onto tables, chairs and the floor, and Chaz observes that… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of… — Colin Ward Copy Share Image
