F. R. Scott Quotes
There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada, and the second is the survival of Canada.
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
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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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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
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My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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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.
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I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?
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I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.
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White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.
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My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family.
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When you read the Bible, you are reading the Holy Spirit and not history books. When you read history books, you are reading about events, but the Bible is not an event. So, when you are reading the Holy Spirit, you are supposed to be carried along by it.
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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.
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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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A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.
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If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.
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He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.
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One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
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There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada, and the second is the survival of Canada.
