American history Quote by Darin Strauss

For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats who conceived…

— Thomas R. Pickering

Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of…

— Nigel Hamilton

Biography is the best form of history.

— Josh Billings

Let This Voice Be Heard fulfills the mandate of biography at its best because Maurice Jackson has captured the history of a great moral…

— David Levering Lewis

I did a lot of commercial and theater work when I got out of school and was living in Dallas, and I moved to…

— Allison Tolman

Second City should create a secret handshake, and when you graduate, you have to know it.

— Lamorne Morris

Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first…

— Tim Meadows

In my early 20s, I started doing comedy. I started doing auditions in Chicago. It led me to writing my own sketches for Second…

— Deon Cole

That was sort of the 'Second City' approach, which was try to be intelligent and assume your audience is intelligent. We were influenced by…

— Joe Flaherty

I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into…

— Carly Craig

I came out of the old Second City in Chicago. Chicago actors are more hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're…

— Bill Murray