Quote by Polly Toynbee
How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without kn

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the worlds main religions? – Polly Toynbee

Other quotes by Polly Toynbee

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. – Polly Toynbee

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Education
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People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. – Polly Toynbee

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Death
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Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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History
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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. – Hermann Hesse

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History

History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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History

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. – Margaret Thatcher

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History

Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open. – Jerry Saltz

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History

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It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more. – Woody Allen

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I dont want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies. – Paula Deen

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Food

I dont feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if youve got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just dont buy too much. – Vivienne Westwood

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If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people. – Mark Twain

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Ordinary