"History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#History Quotes #Causes Quotes #Thread Quotes

“Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.”

Source : Thomas Starr King (1864). “The White Hills: Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry”, p.59
“I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc.”
“I think that one-liners are very important and sometimes you don't even know when you're making the movie that it's going to be a great line. I remember when we did The Terminator and I came to the line "I'll be back" I had no idea that it was going to be an important line.”
“We're all pretty individualistic.”
“I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.”

Source : "Jurassic park builder crack Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air", teamtorenrts.gq. January 1, 2016.
“Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.”
“Tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun”
“Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.”

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