Catherine Drinker Bowen Quotes
History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.
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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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The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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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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I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?
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History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
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In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.
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The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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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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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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With my history of concussions, the WWE wants to protect me, so I've had to take a lot of neurological testing.
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History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
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People ask me whether I see 'Star Wars' as a comedy or a tragedy, but it's really neither - it's partly a history, like 'Henry V,' and partly a fantasy, like 'The Tempest.'
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Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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History repeats itself. So you might wanna pay attention.
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Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of a Christmas order in New York meant layoffs in China.
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Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
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The primary goal for me in doing a superhero series is to make it new-reader-friendly, so it might not be front-loaded with all this history, but you can be sure it will show up!
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I base my roots and history in old blues, old country and old bluegrass, and I like rock 'n' roll, and somehow it all came together, and that is what I am playing now.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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My father was in the military; he was a captain. His service was to quote-unquote integrate the Armed Forces overseas.
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I always made the joke that I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Warner Brothers first put 'Tusk' on and listened to it in their boardroom as a follow-up to 'Rumours.'
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We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.
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History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation.
