History shows that you can't - you can't have security in Southeast Asia without security in Northeast Asia. It's just the reality. Jim Webb asiahistorynortheast Change image and share on social
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free. Jim DeMint conflictdecadedemocratic Change image and share on social
On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors. Ray Mabus 000americanbuildup Change image and share on social
In fiction, there happens to be a long history of creative engagement with marginality, with the very human components of society that others don't want to think about, from writers such as Dostoyevsky, Baudelaire, and Rimbaud to Genet and Sarrazin and right on up to Norman Mailer. Rachel Kushner baudelairecomponentcreative share on social
I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day. R. Kelly chicagodayhigh Change image and share on social
The Re-Up Gang mixtapes are going down in history, man. I still listen to them in my car, and the 'Hell Hath No Fury' album. I tell people all the time that I'll never make another album like that one again. Never! Pusha T albumcarfury share on social
English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history. Rabih Alameddine britainenglisheuropean share on social
History asks us to imagine ourselves in a period, but it's a very different situation when you're in that period and faced with those situations. Philip Kerr askfacehistory Change image and share on social
In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. Phil Donahue decidehistorynetwork Change image and share on social
The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry V' and 'Richard III' have been incalculably more influential than any more sober historical study. Peter Ackroyd 16thcenturydoubt share on social