"A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards."

-- Karl Kraus

#History Quotes #Historian Quotes #Backwards Quotes

“The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. It's not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs.”

Source : "Lawrence Krauss, Physicist, Claims Teaching Creationism Is Child Abuse And ‘Like The Taliban’" By Meredith Bennett-Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2013.
“I took tap classes growing up.”
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.”

Source : J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.72, Hachette UK
“Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.”
“In short, selfishness is the opposite of love.”

Source : Tim LaHaye (2014). “Spirit-Controlled Temperament”, p.201, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them.”
“There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.”

Source : Colson Whitehead (2012). “The Intuitionist: A Novel”, p.240, Anchor
“Success is never deserved. Success is always earned.”

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