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		In the post-Watergate atmosphere of 1975 and 1976, the just-plain-folks personalities of both Ford and Carter seemed the perfect antidote to Nixon's arrogant, isolated presidency. But as alert history-minded readers know, Ford and Carter were both rebuffed by voters in their efforts to hold on to the presidency.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jeff Greenfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavio Paz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Babasaheb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it's always the imperfection I'm always more attracted to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Driver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yolanda Adams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Eichengreen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and slavery and North Africa, but there simply is no American history before black people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Esquivel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Callie Khouri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Palmer Luckey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I taught a master class in film in France, and that was a great experience because I got a chance to study the French film culture and the French film history, so to add... just to expand myself just personally and professionally was really helpful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				F. Gary Gray 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Quayle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm sure in the history of Harvard, and the history of most schools, there's been some pretty crazy parties that I'm not even sure you could even capture on film how silly and ridiculous they were. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Cameron Winklevoss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				R. J. Cutler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olivia De Havilland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was born, and of Galway, where he spent his later years. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gregory 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There is a way for the IRS to be able to have a double check to make sure individuals don't file on your Social Security number early and try to get a tax return and make it chaotic for you to file your own taxes. That's not been done. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Lankford 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to start laughing at yourself at some point. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious healing process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Colleen McCullough 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ferdinand Lassalle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with it all over the places the child loved on earth. The angel plucks a large handful of flowers, and they carry it with them up to God, where the flowers bloom more brightly than they ever did on earth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hans Christian Andersen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the post-Watergate atmosphere of 1975 and 1976, the just-plain-folks personalities of both Ford and Carter seemed the perfect antidote to Nixon's arrogant, isolated presidency. But as alert history-minded readers know, Ford and Carter were both rebuffed by voters in their efforts to hold on to the presidency. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jeff Greenfield