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I’ve always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history Picture Quote #1

Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things Picture Quote #1

To write the true natural history of the world, we should need to be able to follow it from within. It would thus appear no longer as an interlocking succession of structural types replacing one another, but as an ascension of inner sap spreading out in a forest of consolidated instincts. Right at its base, the living world is constituted by conscious clothes in flesh and bone Picture Quote #1

I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It’s really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me Picture Quote #1

That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers a way out Picture Quote #1

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots Picture Quote #1

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A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day Picture Quote #1

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn’t read it the way you read history or science Picture Quote #1

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development Picture Quote #1

All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs Picture Quote #1

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It’s scary Picture Quote #1

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good Picture Quote #1

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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that Picture Quote #1

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission Picture Quote #1

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry Picture Quote #1

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny Picture Quote #1

Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind Picture Quote #1

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it Picture Quote #1

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Completeness? Happiness? These words don’t come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history Picture Quote #1

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it’s based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal Picture Quote #1

Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left Picture Quote #1

Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion Picture Quote #1

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science Picture Quote #1

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart Picture Quote #1

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Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants Picture Quote #1

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study Picture Quote #1

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history Picture Quote #1

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history Picture Quote #1

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed Picture Quote #1

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history (History Quotes) Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things (History Quotes) To write the true natural history of the world, we should need to be able to follow it from within. It would thus appear no longer as an interlocking succession of structural types replacing one another, but as an ascension of inner sap spreading out in a forest of consolidated instincts. Right at its base, the living world is constituted by conscious clothes in flesh and bone (History Quotes) I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It’s really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me (History Quotes) That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers a way out (History Quotes) A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots (History Quotes) A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day (History Quotes) All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn’t read it the way you read history or science (History Quotes) All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development (History Quotes) All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs (History Quotes) All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It’s scary (History Quotes) All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good (History Quotes) And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that (History Quotes) Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission (History Quotes) Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry (History Quotes) But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny (History Quotes) Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind (History Quotes) Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it (History Quotes) Completeness? Happiness? These words don’t come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history (History Quotes) Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it’s based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal (History Quotes) Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left (History Quotes) Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion (History Quotes) Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science (History Quotes) Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart (History Quotes) Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants (History Quotes) For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study (History Quotes) France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history (History Quotes) Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history (History Quotes) He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed (History Quotes) History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself (History Quotes)

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