Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War. Breyten Breytenbach catharsisexpressgrassroots Change image and share on social
I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos. Sun Ra blackcosmosdark Change image and share on social
The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history. Frank Waters americanblotexpansion Change image and share on social
It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward. Martin Fleischmann agebearforward share on social
We have learned the lines of good taste through history and our sense of guilt, be it post-colonial or post-Holocaust. Patrick Chappatte colonialgoodguilt Change image and share on social
Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future. Joe Baca causechangecommit Change image and share on social
I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history. Jeffrey Eugenides approachcharacterendow share on social
Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that. Raf Simons analyzeattitudecode share on social
Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscape, and I have an elegiac tone in most of my books. Jim Crace bookelegiachave Change image and share on social
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius fallglorygreat Change image and share on social
