Evan Osnos Quotes

For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

Evan Osnos

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• I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.

  

  Candace Camp
  • Writing
  • History
  • Education

• In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.

  

  Barry Unsworth
  • Men
  • History
  • Destiny

• I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.

  

  Tadao Ando
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• History is the heavy traffic that prevents us from crossing the road. We wait, more or less patiently, for it to pause, so that we can get to the liquor store or the laundromat or the burger bar.

  

  Mal Peet
  • History
  • Road
  • Burger

• I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • History
  • Girl
  • Find

• If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Live
  • History
  • You

• I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Up
  • History
  • Funny

• To me, it was a sad fate to have been born into a period and a world where everything was in tip-top order, and the only real excitement was to be found in history books and occasionally also in the paper.

  

  Hans Jonas
  • World
  • Real
  • History

• The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

  

  Aberjhani
  • History
  • Future
  • Past

• History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

  

  Karl Marx
  • History
  • First
  • Tragedy

• During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • History
  • Economic
  • Through

• The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Long
  • Home
  • History

• The history of Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be understood without its underlying emotional meanders. The emotional frameworks of the loss of Palestine for the Arab-Islamic world touched deep scars that go back to the Crusades, symbolizing a proof of Arab-Islamic decay, political impotence, and perceived (British/French) betrayal and antagonism.

  

  Nayef Al-Rodhan
  • World
  • History
  • Political

• Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.

  

  Manmohan Singh
  • World
  • Real
  • History

• Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • God
  • Remember
  • History

• History repeats itself. So you might wanna pay attention.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • History
  • You
  • Attention

• Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • History
  • Try
  • Library

• The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities of the people through whose instrumentality and for whose benefit it was formed.

  

  Samuel Freeman Miller
  • People
  • History
  • Government

• From the twelve apostles to the Auca missionaries of our generation, the history of the Christian church is the history of “wasted” lives. The Christian may tabulate all the assets of his personality and take inventory of his preferences, but he casts all these at the feet of Christ. He is not seeking fulfillment but expendability. He counts not his life dear to himself, for he holds it in trust for Christ. His goal is beyond the grave; the crown of his high calling is in the hand of his risen Lord.

  

  Edmund Clowney
  • History
  • Trust
  • Goal

• I collect a lot of eco-friendly shopping bags that serve to separate my shoes other and other small stuff in my luggage.

  

  Liu Wen
  • Small
  • Shoes
  • Shopping

• Modern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.

  

  Penn Jillette
  • American
  • Magic

• There's two things that are tough when you're trying to be a songwriter: Number one is, how do I write a great song? The second thing is, how do I write a great song that's right for me?

  

  Andy Grammer
  • Great
  • Trying
  • Song

• I've always loved children's clothes - my grandmother actually owned a children's boutique in La Jolla, CA, for 30 years. I grew up visiting her and working in her store, and then my mom and I had a children's boutique together for five or six years.

  

  Kourtney Kardashian
  • Up
  • Children
  • Together

• For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

  

  Evan Osnos
  • History
  • China
  • Travelled