Closely Quote by Roxane Gay Download Open image “If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.” — Roxane Gay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Closely Figures Historical Historical Figures History Like Look Many See Too
When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
The idea that historians aren't affected by what goes on around them I think is slightly fanciful. — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
I do tend to look at individuals and whether they do or do not matter in history. — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
Only 3 to 5 percent of people are aware of being a part of history; the overwhelming majority think things will always be the… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
“That is why historians surprise me. They seem to have no talent for the likeliness of any situation. They see history like a peepshow;… — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
It's sad to me that the main stage of history is a story of how we became this visually obsessed, extremely narcissistic, extremely concerned… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“Why should I worry about uncreating so much of human history? Why should I care that it will be worse than forgotten, that it… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I shouted, “This is not right,” knowing my words were useless. There’s no room for such distinctions in a country where too many people… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I've always worked closely with the designers and whoever's making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you're… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
With Andy Cole up front they can score at any time. We'll be watching him very closely. — Robert Laurent Copy Share Image
Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Asked at the hearing why she hadn't pressed the FBI more closely about what it knew, or didn't know, about domestic terrorist threats, Rice… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
Increased physical activity during the school day can help children's attention, classroom behavior, and achievement test scores. Meanwhile, the decline of play is closely… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
I work very closely with my publisher and just give them tons and tons of music, and then they link that with different songwriters… — Dave Sitek Copy Share Image
We read that Adam and Methuselah lived so many centuries; at that time, it was the custom to marry in the family - marry… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that… — John B. Larson Copy Share Image
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