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My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

I do not have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes more than the usual share of divorce, step-children, dysfunction, and obfuscation. I have spent most of my adult life attempting to deconstruct that history and separate fact from fiction.

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.

In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they are occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

Secretly, I am a real big nerd. I do rather stay home and play Scrabble than go to a Hollywood party, any day of the week. And I love reading about history and watching the Discovery Channel.

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.

Days has always been strong as an icon in TV history, and it is still going on strong and represents the genre of daytime drama so well. I am proud to be a part of it.;Alison Sweeney;history 34713;As a freelance writer, I do be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or history or the life span of veterinarians. I was completely unschooled in any of these things.;John Hodgman;history 34714;The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it is Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women is rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.;James McGreevey;history 34715;Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man.;Jean Genet;history 34716;Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.;Norman Mailer;history 34717;Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here is my rule: Ask yourself, Did this thing happen? If the answer is yes, then it is historical. Then ask, Did this thing happen precisely this way? If the answer is yes, then it is history if the answer is no, not precisely this way, then it is historical drama.;Tony Kushner;history 34718;The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that Lincoln is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, we've actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincoln's presidency that is somewhat original.;Tony Kushner;history 34719;A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, Uncle Tom's Cabin and, in modern drama, Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart.

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It is scary.

Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things.

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.

History can never be covered up.

I have always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.