"Not only the studying and writing of history but also the honoring of it both represent affirmations of a certain defiant faith a desperate, unreasoning faith, if you will but faith nevertheless in the endurance of this threatened world faith in the total essentiality of historical continuity."

-- George F. Kennan

#Writing Quotes #Historical Quotes #Endurance Quotes

“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He's working on you, too.”
“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.”
“Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.”

Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.89, Taylor & Francis
“I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The only truths we can point to are the ever-changing truths of our own experience.”

Source : Peter Weiss (1998). “Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman”, p.62, A&C Black
“When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.”

Source : BAM Magazine, April 06, 1990.
“It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.”
“Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on.”

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