#story

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#appreciation #art #art history #aspects #historians

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good. ↗

— Anita Roddick

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I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two. ↗

— James Rollins

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People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#get #impact #into #people #positions

It's a very good historical book about history. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#about #book #good #historical #very

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#consisted #either #fiction #general #having

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#history #iliad #into #lives #people

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#even #historical #odyssey #point #side

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#been #course #histories #history #individual

I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

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