"In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"

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"In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?"

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"I am a child of the American Century, and I feel a genetic commitment to understanding why it happened, and why I take it so personally."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

History, Century, Commitment, Understanding

"Everything will turn into a ruin, even your beliefs will turn into a ruin! There will be no more believers from your belief, there will be only the viewers around your belief, watching this belief of once upon a time, and now just a ruin!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

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"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice."

John M. McHugh, American Politician

History, Sacrifice, Courage, Battle

"There were in the camp a number of Mexican slaves and these ran forth calling out in spanish and were brained or shot and one of the Delawares emerged from the smoke with a naked infant dangling in each hand and squatted at a ring of midden stones and swung them by the heels each in turn and bashed their heads against the stones so that the brains burst forth through the fontanel in a bloody spew and humans on fire came shrieking forth like berserkers and the riders hacked them down with their enormous knives and a young woman ran up and embraced the bloodied forefeet of Glanton's warhorse."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

History, Violence, War, Death, Suffering

"Being that the historical Jesus was of pure Hebraic descent- lineage of Eber- He was not an Arab or of Arabic descent, therefore He was not dark skinned as most Israeli's are not."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

History, Truth, Observation, Wisdom

"Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

History, Power, Society, Truth

"Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness."

A. J. P. Taylor, British Historian

History, Wickedness

"Named Harris," Bill said. "Ever know him, Mike? He was in the war, too.""Fortunate fellow," Mike said. "What times we had. How I wish those dear days were back."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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"I am a child of the American Century, and I feel a genetic commitment to understanding why it happened, and why I take it so personally."

"Everything will turn into a ruin, even your beliefs will turn into a ruin! There will be no more believers from your belief, there will be only the viewers around your belief, watching this belief of once upon a time, and now just a ruin!"

"We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves."

"History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes."

"Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice."

"Being that the *historical* Jesus was of pure Hebraic descent- lineage of Eber- He was not an Arab or of Arabic descent, therefore He was not dark skinned as most Israeli's are not."

"Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom."

"Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness."

"Named Harris," Bill said. "Ever know him, Mike? He was in the war, too.""Fortunate fellow," Mike said. "What times we had. How I wish those dear days were back."

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"Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed."

"I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution."

"I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you."

"My pleasure was to copy, not to create."

"It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade."

"Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality."

"Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying."

"As a rule, one should never place form over content."

"I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot."

"Writers are not meant for action."

"Being that the historical Jesus was of pure Hebraic descent- lineage of Eber- He was not an Arab or of Arabic descent, therefore He was not dark skinned as most Israeli's are not."