[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead – and so the imagination of the living. – William Carlos Williams
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A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, Uncle Toms Cabin and, in modern drama, Larry Kramers The Normal Heart. – Tony Kushner
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. – Jane Goodall
I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic. – Amy Tan
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. – Jesus Christ
I told you Im not going to criticize my successor. Ill just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I dont believe that persuasion isnt going to work. Therapy isnt going to cause terrorists to change their mind. – George W. Bush
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