"The past in the hands of historians is not what it was."

-- Lynn Townsend White, Jr.

#Past Quotes #Hands Quotes #History Quotes

“Ideas for stories come in really different terms and really different ways for me. Sometimes they're from books, sometimes they're just kind of out of the air, from nowhere, sometimes they're biographical, or sometimes they're other things [everyday life].”

Source : Source: logger.believermag.com
“If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.”
“Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?" "Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies, animated or not." "Well, I'm into it. I watch the shows, read the books, chat on the boards, and all that. But this girl I know, she's completely into it. She spends most of her allowance on the books and DVDs. She can recite dialogue from them." She caught my gaze. "So would you say she belongs here?" "No. Most kids are that way about something, right? With me, it's movies. Like knowing who directed a sci-fi movie made before I was born.”
“Education should try to lessen the obstacles, diminish the friction, invigorate the energy, and should train minds to react, not at haphazard, but by choice, on the lines of force that attract their world. What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.”
“How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.123, Bantam
“I've always loved writing.”
“We need people interested, otherwise literally the lights turn off.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing.”

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