I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.
I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.
Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.
I'm from Dallas, so I totally get the whole thing. I understand the history and on how big of a scale 'Dallas' was and still is.
There's a few in our history, where the person who creates it becomes almost the product itself. Jobs is one of those.
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.
You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got it wrong.
Why is 'Game of Thrones' the most pirated show in the history of TV? Because people can't get it fast enough, that's why.
I take the world very personally. I take history personally; I want to place myself in the larger context.
The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.
I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.
If my Dad doesn't like you, you will know. My Mom is just too innocent to ever lie. She doesn't even cuss.
My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.
My mom always liked the idea of us acting - me and my sister - like, one of us trying it. But my dad always thought it was a joke.
My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.
My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.
My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.
My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer, and my mom's a director and writer. Even when I was young, I wanted to be an actress.
My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.
