"Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history."

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"The history of man is a must read poetry."

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"I loved psychology and I loved history."

Joely Fisher, American Actress

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"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling."

Frances Burney, British Novelist

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"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic

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"History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living."

Lawrence Durrell, British Writer

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"I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well."

Frank Scott, Canadian Poet

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"I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician

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"Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history."

Arthur Henderson, British Politician

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"The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history."

Richard Harwood, American Journalist

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"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

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"Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th."

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"The history of man is a must read poetry."

"I loved psychology and I loved history."

"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling."

"When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas."

"History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living."

"I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well."

"I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."

"Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history."

"The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history."

"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."

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"Theater dates very quickly."

"A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano."

"Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th."

"I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity."

"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy."

"People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera."

"I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born."

"So I just play the character, I play the lines."

"Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while."

"I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it."