Henri Pirenne Quotes

The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity.

Henri Pirenne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: December 23, 1862 - October 25, 1935

Topics

UnityEndUnexpectedResultIslam

I'm always looking for what there is to see that's weird and wonderful and off the beaten path.

Joanna Going

PathLookingWeirdAlwaysSeeOff

I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I'm an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done.

Jessie J

GoodMeDoneNowBecomeNever

If I venture into the water in a bikini, the sight of my melanin-deficient Michigan belly might attract beluga whales. Sure, I could secretly live among them and learn their ancient ways, but I couldn't keep that kind of ruse up forever.

Jennifer Armintrout

LiveWaterLearnKindSightWhales

David Bowie, who spent most of the '70s establishing himself as a master of psychological disguises, is spending the '80s trying to convince us that he's just a regular fella - or at least as close to one as a millionaire pop star can be.

Robert Hilburn

TryingMasterConvinceStarUsJust

I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and that is I like to build images and be a creative reader, and so I write that way.

Michael Connelly

CreativeBuildWayWriteBecause

I'm quite low-key - Isabel Marant is one of my favourite designers.

Sophie McShera

Low-KeyQuiteFavouriteDesigners

Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there's not a lot of history there. It's sort of a half-animal, half-man, and there's not a lot of background.

Ron Cephas Jones

HistoryPlayDifficultBecauseMost

I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.

Mike Figgis

LiveArtTheatrePerformanceStarted

I believe in celebrating the female figure and embracing what we've been given, not hiding that.

Miranda Kerr

BelieveI BelieveHidingI Believe In

I have a lot of downtime in airports and on flights.

Dolph Ziggler

DowntimeLotFlights

My mom knows when something is real and something is not.

Christina Ricci

MomRealSomethingKnows

Restaurants in Chicago are seldom disappointing.

Bonnie Hunt

ChicagoSeldomDisappointing

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