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Historical Quotes

In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles back to the land of Israel, reestablish a Torah government there, and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem Picture Quote #1

If you look at landscape in historical terms, you realize that most of the time we have been on Earth as a species, what has fallen on our retina is landscape, not images of buildings and cars and street lights Picture Quote #1

There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable Picture Quote #1

If in all ideology men and their circumstances appear upside-down as in a camera obscura, this phenomenon arises just as much from their historical life-process as the inversion of objects on the retina does from the physical life-process Picture Quote #1

A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn’t really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when a poem has started a revolution or a rebellion or an uprising, but it doesn’t happen that often, and if you put the number of poems next to the number of political acts, it would be pretty slim Picture Quote #1

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The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing Picture Quote #1

Unless you’re playing a historical figure, a writer or director can change their minds. And sometimes your job is to make them change their minds - to make them believe that you’re the one that can do it Picture Quote #1

There’s a natural tendency to sanitize and polish any historical icon whether it be George Washington chopping down the cherry tree or Martin Luther King saying, I have a dream Picture Quote #1

I’ve been typed as historical fiction, historical women’s fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book Picture Quote #1

I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! Picture Quote #1

Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault Picture Quote #1

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You’ll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage Picture Quote #1

China-Africa relationship has a long history and is full of vitality. Since the 1950s and 1960s, our common historical experiences have brought China and Africa together, and we have forged deep friendship in our joint struggle during which we have supported each other in times of difficulty Picture Quote #1

I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about Picture Quote #1

. . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture remembers past events? Does the historian have a moral or civic responsibility to this project of memory that ought to influence the way he or she engages in historical practice? Should moral concerns influence the historian’s choice of subject matter, of issues to discuss, of evidence to use? Picture Quote #1

$I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really Picture Quote #1$

The Oberlin/Cleveland area is where the underground railroad came out, so it’s an interesting historical place. I love Ohio and really loved Oberlin Picture Quote #1

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The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West Picture Quote #1

Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal actions, psychological states and the symbolic knowledge encoded within the collective unconscious; things, events and conditions that are otherwise too diffuse and/or complex to be completely digested or appreciated by the prevailing culture Picture Quote #1

There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide Picture Quote #1

Marxian Socialism and Bolshevism are two historical phenomena which have hardly a single common denominator Picture Quote #1

There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minorities in their midst, for that is exactly what European colonial rule meant for peoples around the world Picture Quote #1

The dogma of woman’s complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind Picture Quote #1

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Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory Picture Quote #1

Something that came as a shock to me is that we do not have a constitutional right to vote. And that’s not just a fun little historical factoid. It actually has huge ramifications. It’s the reason our system is so decentralized - in other words, chaotic Picture Quote #1

Anyway I read more contemporary poetry than contemporary fiction so my mind goes first to a kind of crass conceptualism that repeats vanguard gestures of the past minus the politics and historical context Picture Quote #1

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting Picture Quote #1

Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I’m attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity Picture Quote #1

I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all Picture Quote #1

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In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles back to the land of Israel, reestablish a Torah government there, and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. (Historical Quotes) If you look at landscape in historical terms, you realize that most of the time we have been on Earth as a species, what has fallen on our retina is landscape, not images of buildings and cars and street lights. (Historical Quotes) There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable. (Historical Quotes) If in all ideology men and their circumstances appear upside-down as in a camera obscura, this phenomenon arises just as much from their historical life-process as the inversion of objects on the retina does from the physical life-process. (Historical Quotes) A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument. (Historical Quotes) Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn’t really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when a poem has started a revolution or a rebellion or an uprising, but it doesn’t happen that often, and if you put the number of poems next to the number of political acts, it would be pretty slim. (Historical Quotes) The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. (Historical Quotes) Unless you’re playing a historical figure, a writer or director can change their minds. And sometimes your job is to make them change their minds - to make them believe that you’re the one that can do it. (Historical Quotes) There’s a natural tendency to sanitize and polish any historical icon whether it be George Washington chopping down the cherry tree or Martin Luther King saying, I have a dream. (Historical Quotes) I’ve been typed as historical fiction, historical women’s fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book. (Historical Quotes) I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! (Historical Quotes) Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault. (Historical Quotes) You’ll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage. (Historical Quotes) China-Africa relationship has a long history and is full of vitality. Since the 1950s and 1960s, our common historical experiences have brought China and Africa together, and we have forged deep friendship in our joint struggle during which we have supported each other in times of difficulty. (Historical Quotes) I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about. (Historical Quotes) . . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture remembers past events? Does the historian have a moral or civic responsibility to this project of memory that ought to influence the way he or she engages in historical practice? Should moral concerns influence the historian’s choice of subject matter, of issues to discuss, of evidence to use? (Historical Quotes) I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really. (Historical Quotes) The Oberlin/Cleveland area is where the underground railroad came out, so it’s an interesting historical place. I love Ohio and really loved Oberlin. (Historical Quotes) The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West. (Historical Quotes) Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal actions, psychological states and the symbolic knowledge encoded within the collective unconscious; things, events and conditions that are otherwise too diffuse and/or complex to be completely digested or appreciated by the prevailing culture. (Historical Quotes) There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide. (Historical Quotes) Marxian Socialism and Bolshevism are two historical phenomena which have hardly a single common denominator. (Historical Quotes) There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minorities in their midst, for that is exactly what European colonial rule meant for peoples around the world. (Historical Quotes) The dogma of woman’s complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind. (Historical Quotes) Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory. (Historical Quotes) Something that came as a shock to me is that we do not have a constitutional right to vote. And that’s not just a fun little historical factoid. It actually has huge ramifications. It’s the reason our system is so decentralized - in other words, chaotic. (Historical Quotes) Anyway I read more contemporary poetry than contemporary fiction so my mind goes first to a kind of crass conceptualism that repeats vanguard gestures of the past minus the politics and historical context. (Historical Quotes) Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting. (Historical Quotes) Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I’m attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity. (Historical Quotes) I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all (Historical Quotes)

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