"Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false."

-- Robert Walpole

#History Quotes

“Dad says that everyone invented baklava.â€ It occurs to me now to wonder what that means. Aunt Aya rolls her eyes. â€œYour father? He is the worst of the worst. He thinks he cooks and eats Arabic food but these walnuts were not grown from Jordanian earth and this butter was not made from Jordanian lambs. He is eating the shadow of a memory. He cooks to remember but the more he eats, the more he forgets.”
“I was born into the business. My mother was an entertainer. It was natural. But yes, in the next life, I might not do it.”

Source : "Dina Lohan says she might like another shot at raising Lindsay", www.nydailynews.com. September 21, 2012.
“Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.”

Source : Pierre de Coubertin, Norbert Müller (2000). “Olympism: Selected Writings”, Lausanne, Switzerland : International Olympic Committee
“Americans do not like long wars with indecisive outcomes.”

Source : Source: www.wsj.com
“The phone is an instrument of intrusion into order. It is a threat to control. Just when you think you are alone and safe, the call could come that changes your life. Or someone else's. It makes the same flat, mechanical noise for everyone and gives no clues what's waiting there on the other end of the line. You can never be too careful.”

Source : Janice Galloway (1989). “The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel”
“Your belief in yourselves is the only thing that will make a difference and create an ability for you to see for yourselves, that you really are unlimited beings in the way that you were fashioned to be.”
“The human heart is my school.”

Source : Anne Rice (2009). “The Vampire Armand: The Vampire Chronicles 6”, p.226, Random House
“In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less is said about sanctification- how to live after you're converted.”

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