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History In Literature Quotes

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature Picture Quote #1

Ancient literature is a rich history Picture Quote #1

There’s a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that Picture Quote #1

There’s no shortage of female role models. They’re everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t reading it [the Bible] as literature. I was reading it as literature, and as history, and as a moral guide, and as anthropology and law and culture Picture Quote #1

In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February Picture Quote #1

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School was rough for me. I was a good student in middle school, but high school wasn’t so fun. I still pulled through, though! I excelled in art, fashion, history and English literature - anything creative. Math and science I struggled a bit more in Picture Quote #1

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character Picture Quote #1

In your opinion, where do private and political life, personal history and History meet? You know the answer, Maya. You say it unhesitatingly - in art and literature Picture Quote #1

Look at the history of literature, and you find the history of beauty on the one hand and the IOUs on the other Picture Quote #1

But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies Picture Quote #1

There’s a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called ‘funny animal scrolls’ were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions Picture Quote #1

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Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end Picture Quote #1

Henry David Thoreau was an oddball job quitter and ne’er-do-well who evolved into the bearded sage of literature, natural history, and civil liberties Picture Quote #1

I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term Picture Quote #1

The traditional Sanskrit learning has given to Brahaman community of Kashmir, small as it has been always, a distinguished place in the history of Sanskrit literature since early times Picture Quote #1

The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be Picture Quote #1

It is doubtless one of Aristotle’s great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history Picture Quote #1

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By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature Picture Quote #1

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? Picture Quote #1

I lived in a region in the northwestern province - the people there in general have a great love for the Taliban, so I started to read some of the literature of the scholars and the history of the movement. And my heart became attached to them Picture Quote #1

Religion is part of the human make-up. It’s also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy Picture Quote #1

I didn’t choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place Picture Quote #1

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature Picture Quote #1

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The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first Picture Quote #1

To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children Picture Quote #1

Good writing is almost the concomitant of good history. Literature and history were joined long since by the powers which shaped the human brain; we cannot put them asunder Picture Quote #1

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect Picture Quote #1

The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties Picture Quote #1

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined Picture Quote #1

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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature (History In Literature Quotes) Ancient literature is a rich history (History In Literature Quotes) There’s a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that. (History In Literature Quotes) There’s no shortage of female role models. They’re everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around (History In Literature Quotes) I wasn’t reading it [the Bible] as literature. I was reading it as literature, and as history, and as a moral guide, and as anthropology and law and culture (History In Literature Quotes) In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February (History In Literature Quotes) School was rough for me. I was a good student in middle school, but high school wasn’t so fun. I still pulled through, though! I excelled in art, fashion, history and English literature - anything creative. Math and science I struggled a bit more in (History In Literature Quotes) True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. (History In Literature Quotes) In your opinion, where do private and political life, personal history and History meet? You know the answer, Maya. You say it unhesitatingly - in art and literature. (History In Literature Quotes) Look at the history of literature, and you find the history of beauty on the one hand and the IOUs on the other. (History In Literature Quotes) But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies. (History In Literature Quotes) There’s a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called ‘funny animal scrolls’ were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions (History In Literature Quotes) Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end. (History In Literature Quotes) Henry David Thoreau was an oddball job quitter and ne’er-do-well who evolved into the bearded sage of literature, natural history, and civil liberties. (History In Literature Quotes) I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term. (History In Literature Quotes) The traditional Sanskrit learning has given to Brahaman community of Kashmir, small as it has been always, a distinguished place in the history of Sanskrit literature since early times. (History In Literature Quotes) The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be. (History In Literature Quotes) It is doubtless one of Aristotle’s great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history. (History In Literature Quotes) By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature. (History In Literature Quotes) In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? (History In Literature Quotes) I lived in a region in the northwestern province - the people there in general have a great love for the Taliban, so I started to read some of the literature of the scholars and the history of the movement. And my heart became attached to them (History In Literature Quotes) Religion is part of the human make-up. It’s also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy (History In Literature Quotes) I didn’t choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place (History In Literature Quotes) When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature (History In Literature Quotes) The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first (History In Literature Quotes) To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children (History In Literature Quotes) Good writing is almost the concomitant of good history. Literature and history were joined long since by the powers which shaped the human brain; we cannot put them asunder (History In Literature Quotes) A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect (History In Literature Quotes) The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties (History In Literature Quotes) In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined (History In Literature Quotes)

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