Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.
The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.
As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.
The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations.
I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines.
Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?
Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers.
Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall.
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.
I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out.
Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?
I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be history or geography or math.
Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.
We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.
