Jill Lepore Quotes
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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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.
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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The Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have taken the biggest lurch to the left in policy in American history. There've been no - no Congress, no administration that has run this far to the left in such a small period of time. And there is a reaction to that.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
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I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.
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If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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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.
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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
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Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive.
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
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I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to become a history professor.
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To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.
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History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all.
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I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
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"History repeats itself" and "History never repeats itself" are about equally true ... We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.
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I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.
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This is Sunday, and the question arises, what'll I start tomorrow?
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We are finding new areas in the ocean every day. It's as alien as going to outer space.
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If you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you some good.
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History is only written from what remains.
