"We are not merely historians but also and always citizens."

-- Tony Judt

#Citizens Quotes #Historian Quotes

“With a purposeful story, you can change a "wanna be" to a "gonna be" to a "be".”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 09, 2017
“Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?”
“Last night I learned how to be a lover of God. To live in this world and call nothing my own.”
“There were three of us; Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, and myself--the three muskateers of the Polish avant-garde between the wars. Only Witkiewicz remains to be discovered.”
“I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.”

Source : "Singer-songwriter-guitarist Robbie Robertson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 16, 2013.
“I hate it when she tabs a line," Ivy whispered to Kisten in the corner. "You ever see anything freakier than that?" "You should see the face she makes when sheâ€”" "Shut up, Kist!" I exclaimed, my eyes flashing open to find him grinning at me.”
“Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar.”
“I think the Macintosh was created by a group of people who felt that ah there wasn't a strict vision between sort of science and art.”

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