Historical Quotes

Historical records show that Abenakis and other Natives encountered European explorers and traders in Canada looking for sources of ivory to compete with the Russian trade in Siberian fossil mammoth ivory - these traders routinely asked about ivory 'horns' and teeth.

Adrienne Mayor

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Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science.

Edward Sapir

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I had access to books, and I could read... but that more foundational, basic historical awareness, I didn't have any of that.

Tara Westover

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I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.

Jiang Wen

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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.

Orlando Bloom

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I wouldn't mind spending six months a year having a private jet take me around the world to visit natural and historical landmarks like the Egyptian pyramids, Mount Kilimanjaro or the Taj Mahal.

Megalyn Echikunwoke

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I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

Jack L. Chalker

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There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

Jeffrey Deitch

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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.

Hans Kung

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All the historical elements should feel organic to the story but not hammered down to serve a purpose.

Amor Towles

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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.

Ferdinand de Saussure

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You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

Tony Kushner

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The historical importance of a composer does not always go hand in hand with the quality of their work.

Daniel Barenboim

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If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.

Roxane Gay

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I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany.

Barbara Sukowa

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Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.

Milan Kundera

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Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction.

Diana Gabaldon

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I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted.

Clive Cussler

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The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

Antony Beevor

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No one can take Jesus away from me. There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace.

Peter O'Toole

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I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses.

Scott Westerfeld

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No historical analogies are exactly precise.

Rick Perlstein

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The New Testament is not a historical document.

Reza Aslan

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With sci-fi you get these kind of stories in historical drama, and it's just so fabulous.

Mark Sheppard

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