Quote by Tony Kushner
The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can han

The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that Lincoln is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, weve actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincolns presidency thats somewhat original. – Tony Kushner

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The way that same-sex marriage should reach the federal level is that it absolutely should be decided by the Supreme Court as quickly as possible. Its a 14th Amendment issue. Theres no argument about it. – Tony Kushner

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You have to have hope. Its irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think its irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of. – Tony Kushner

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You dont go to the movies to do historical research, unless its historical research about the movies. – Tony Kushner

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Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. – Kofi Annan

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A recorded past is no more than a bygone present composed of the footprints made by human beings actually going somewhere but not knowing (in any extended sense), and certainly not revealing to us, how, they came to be afoot on these particular journeys. – Michael Oakeshott, On History

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I dont have a long family history of good cooks in my family. – Bobby Flay

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History — that little sewer where man loves to wallow. – Francis Ponge

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