"As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws."

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Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2008). “The Historian”, Little, Brown

Elizabeth Kostova

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“This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.”

Source : "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF . . . Rita Moreno / From theater to charity to grandkids, Moreno packs it in" by Carolyne Zinko, www.sfgate.com. May 2, 2004.
“You have only to begin, Lir. Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We canâ€™t expect the world to be better than we make it.”
“I started to get grossed out by the armpits.”
“Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.”
“Eating lighter makes you lighter. No one can wave a magic wand.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.”
“If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.”

Source : Interview With Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2009.
“Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages”

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