Quote by Julie Burchill
Ive never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past

Ive never been nostalgic, personally or politically – if the past was so great, how come its history? – Julie Burchill

Other quotes by Julie Burchill

When I moved out of London 13 years ago, I found a whole other reason not to drive. This was because my new husband Dan, unlike my dad, did drive, and this became a great source of fun and adventure. – Julie Burchill

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dad
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Most women are wise to the fact that lots of men love a cat-fight, and thus go out of their way not to give them one. – Julie Burchill

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Women
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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if – to quote Professor Higgins – a woman could be more like a man. – Julie Burchill

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Society
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America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system. – Henry Louis Gates

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History

Never in our countrys history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days. – Jo Bonner

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History

History is the essence of innumerable biographies. – Thomas Carlyle, On History

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History

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament – disarmament follows peace. – Bernard Baruch

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History

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To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers. – Paul Klee

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Having gone through so many of the personal things Ive gone through, its about creating an (online) space for girls to be heard. I dont profess to have all the answers. But Ask Elizabeth is a space where girls are not alone. – Elizabeth Berkley

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alone

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers. – Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires

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Alcohol

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. – H. G. Wells

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Beauty