American Quote by Amanda Foreman Download Open image “The American war of 1861-65 is recent enough to be embedded still in cultural memory.” — Amanda Foreman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare American American war Enough Memory Still War
I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common… — Gene Tierney Copy Share Image
For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure. — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The War of 1812 perhaps the least remembered of American wars because it was fought in such a left-handed slapdash manner on both sides. — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
I think the culture of Civil War re-enacting is also incredibly fascinating. — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War. — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain. — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
When I read 'The Master', I felt that I had read a true classic. It's so rare nowadays that you have that feeling: it… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Over the years, the writers at DC Comics softened Wonder Woman's powers in ways that would have infuriated Marston. During the 1960s, she was… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
When I was in my twenties, I strongly identified with Jane Austen's 'Emma' - her human failings mixed with a desire to do good. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Almost the first thing Obama did in the White House was to return the bust of Winston Churchill to the British embassy. That suggests a major re-ordering of things. It'll be fascinating to see what happens from now on. It was a genuine break with the recent past - perhaps to re-connect with the past past. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share
As a working mother, wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law, I have to make constant moral choices. Every choice I make results in someone else suffering. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
For centuries, divorce in the West was a male tool of control - a legislative chastity belt designed to ensure that a wife had… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic world, however,… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Teach her story to future generations, and at least the moral debt owed to Jean McConville can be repaid. Jean McConville. Jean McConville. Jean… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Today, we are fortunate that the historical novel has reached such extraordinary heights of technical mastery. The ability of society to connect with the… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started out under… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an understanding of… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
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