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Each time the dharma moved into a different civilization or historical period, it faced a twofold challenge: to maintain its integrity as an internally coherent… — Stephen Batchelor
Anne Barton is a delightful new voice in historical romance! Once She Was Tempted is a charming read, with characters who are easy to love--a… — Tessa Dare
Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for?… — Tim Reid
The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important', of course, depends… — Howard Zinn
I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way. — Shelby Foote
I’ve spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing… — Natalie Dormer
Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation. — Kim Stanley
Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons. — Will Eisner
Californias red-legged frogs are part of our historical, literary and cultural heritage, ... It is critically important that we ensure that there will always be… — Robert Stack
I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms… — Aaron Eckhart
The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical, — Rick Santorum
I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. — Bob Hoskins
Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't… — Thurston Moore
Republicans don't have to accept evolution, economics, climatology, or human sexuality, but I just watched a week of their national convention, and I need them… — Bill Maher
Bertrand Russell said, 'Electricity is not a thing like St. Paul's Cathedral; it is a way in which things behave.' And it's not 'they' who… — Mary Jo Bang
Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth of Nations is… — George Akerlof
Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis — Chandra Talpade Mohanty
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and… — Orlando Figes
History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt. — Guy Vanderhaeghe
This is a major, wide-ranging, and comprehensive book. A philosophical investigation that is also a literary and historical study, Truth and Truthfulness asks how and… — Alexander Nehamas
There is no useful information contained in historical price movements of securities. — Louis Bachelier
For historical currents do not irresistibly propel themselves and everyone in their path. No matter what their broader structural or ideological roots, they both carry… — Unknown Author
Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it felt… — Unknown Author
What sort of power is it that really and truly renders the deity present? Human beings automatically think of God as someone who possesses and… — Jon Sobrino
American soldiers [are] going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the… — John F. Kerry

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