"Visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for example, I was struck by its marginalization of any other victims apart from the Jews, to the extent that it presented photographs of dead bodies in camps such as Buchenwald or Dauchau as dead Jewish bodies, when in fact relatively few Jewish prisoners were held there."

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Source : Richard J. Evans (2007). “Lying About Hitler”, p.261, Basic Books

Richard J. Evans

#Museums Quotes #Memorial Quotes #Holocaust Quotes

“I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.”
“All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb.”
“In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the gods to man for the purpose of improving the condition of life. In a real sense, photography has fulfilled the Greek ideal of art; it should not only improve the photographer, but also improve the world.”
“There aren't enough girl drummers.”
“The economic success of the Reagan Administration was largely dependent upon the pyramiding of massive debt and the siphoning of capital from the rest of the world.”

Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.362, Princeton University Press
“Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals. It's a bit like a small war on that level. The great ones have that combination of freedom and control. I'm nowhere near that. There's still so much to do as an actor. I have enough to explore with that.”
“Fear is about things that you can't control. The future or the dark, or someone trying to kill you. You don't get scared of yourself because you always know what you're going to do.”
“What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait”

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