#history

Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#bringing #cinema #comes #culture #got

Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring. ↗

— Claire Danes

#afraid #art #art history #because #boring

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#history #lincoln #religion

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#been #between #clash #history #human

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#adore #amendment #come #comes #court

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. ↗

— Will Durant

#always #clever #good #good thing #history

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#history #living #repetition #way #wrong

World history is tragic. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#tragic #world #world history

The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. ↗

— Buenaventura Durruti

#blast #bourgeoisie #history #leaves #might

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us. ↗

— Buchi Emecheta

#history #over #portrayed #re-examine #should