For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals. Michael Rostovtzeff Read Quote
Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Quote
One time, I went to school, and they asked us all to find out where our roots were. It’s goin’ around the class, and the kids were going, ‘I’m Swedish-German’ or ‘I’m English-Irish.’ They got to me and I said, ‘Pure Kentuckian.’ John Prine Read Quote
I’m an addict, I’m addicted to success. Thankfully, there’s no rehab for success. Lil Wayne Read Quote
I’m always reaching for something we really haven’t done, and War of the Worlds has a lot of this sort of documentary look to it and first-person camera view that is a new thing for me. I’ve done some stuff like that before, but nothing like the extent of this and digitally. Dennis Muren Read Quote
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. Howard Nemerov Read Quote
Gian Luca and I have been together for such a long time, we’re in it for the long haul. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
