Having spent many years working in New York's Chinatown restaurants early in my career, I have the utmost respect for the history and connection New Yorkers have with Chinese cuisine. Andrew Cherng careerchinatownchinese Change image and share on social
I actually completely suck at being a bioethicist. What I do is history of medicine and patient advocacy. Patient advocacy is actually the opposite of bioethics, because bioethicists are the people who increasingly set up and justify the systems we patient advocates have to fight. Alice Dreger advocacyadvocatebioethic share on social
The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination. Anita Hill bringcomplaintdiscrimination Change image and share on social
As a child growing up in World War II, I was very moved and stirred by what was going on, but I distanced myself from history. I regarded history as just one more subject. Ann Rinaldi childdistancegrow Change image and share on social
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. A. J. P. Taylor blunderhistoryhuman Change image and share on social
Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly. Octavio Paz deeplyforeseehistorical Change image and share on social
The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history. Jim Leach accelerationchangehallmark Change image and share on social
I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life. LeRoy Neiman ardennesbattlebeautiful share on social
We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history. Edward Bond aftershockhiroshimahistory Change image and share on social
History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a century later with a whimper. Elliott Abrams arabawakenbegin Change image and share on social