Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. Angela Carter bookbringexperience Change image and share on social
When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people. The Taliban is an ideology that has sprung out of a history that, you know, America created anyway. Arundhati Roy americacreatefix share on social
Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet. Abdelaziz Bouteflika civilizationdefeatdestabilize Change image and share on social
Oh gosh, I'm completely allergic to historical dramas. Particularly those around the civil-rights movement. It's not my favorite thing to watch. So often they feel like medicine. Or not even a history lesson, because I really like history. Just... obligatory. Ava DuVernay allergiccivilcompletely share on social
As part of the E.U., my children can have the freedom and the opportunity to work and live across Europe; to be ambitious in the world's largest market; and to access so much of the history, the culture and the opportunity which is our common European heritage. Andrew Lansley accessambitiouschild share on social
Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other. Antony Beevor deployhistorypolitician Change image and share on social
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. Antony Beevor consultfeelhistorian Change image and share on social
When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before. Arthur Hailey begindiscoverfascinate Change image and share on social
For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature. Ann Druyan attemptcometcreate share on social
I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia. Alexander Lebedev bigequityhistory Change image and share on social