"History is past politics, and politics is present history."

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Source : 1886 Methods of Historical Study.

Edward Augustus Freeman

#Past Quotes #History Quotes

“My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.”
“By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between loftiness and accessibility. Stir in the fact that the inborn talent and intelligence needed to achieve fame are immune to distributive tinkering by government programs and you have a definition of fame certain to produce envious rage: somebody screwed democracy.”
“[David] Mamet's the writer I admire most but he's way off from when he tries to talk about what the moral appeal of liberal thought is. His heart is not in it.”
“It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.”

Source : Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.
“Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B.”
“If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters.”
“This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in.”
“Every hour you sit at work increases your mortality 11 percent. Think about that.”

Source : "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. May 20, 2012.

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