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historical details teach
Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained. Carl Clinton Van Doren
historical knowledge
When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need. Marissa Moss
historical history original people period stoke tendency
I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from the period that you're writing about. There's a tendency to stoke up on a lot of biography and a lot of history, and not to actually get back to the original sources. Thomas Mallon
historical hold knew lives parents teachers truth
Teachers don't tell us the truth about historical people. If we knew the truth, parents couldn't hold their lives up as examples. Tom Hulce
historical records kind
I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip. Brian Eno
historical revolution fantasy
All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities. David Mitchell
historical excess world
An active propaganda machinery controlled bv the world's largest corporations constantly reassures us that consumerism is the path to happiness, governmental restraint of market excess is the cause our distress, and economic globalization is both a historical inevitability and a boon to the human species. David Korten
historical empires literature
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. Dave Barry
historic honest incapable poland presenting truth victim war
To those who are incapable of presenting the historic truth in an honest way, I want to say that Poland was not a perpetrator but a victim of World War Two. Ewa Kopacz
numbers worry firsts
My worrying, for instance, was a scene in which I looked at myself while I had the sensation of being boxed in. I call that worrying, It has happened to me a number of times after that first time. Carlos Castaneda
numbers jewels scales
The total number of Dirichlet's publications is not large: jewels are not weighed on a grocery scale. Carl Friedrich Gauss
numbers important problem
The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
number
When your number is called, you've got to be ready. I think I'm ready.
number status vehicle whether
We've still got to find out the status of the vehicle, the number of individuals who were in each vehicle and whether they are all juveniles.
numbers endurance vices
The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number. Charles Caleb Colton
numbers sides smallest
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands. Charles Simmons
number played ranked tough
We have played a number of ranked teams, and they are going to be a tough game, but we are not intimidated.
number quickly seen spread worm
We've seen this worm spread quickly to a significant number of machines.
numbers worry firsts
My worrying, for instance, was a scene in which I looked at myself while I had the sensation of being boxed in. I call that worrying, It has happened to me a number of times after that first time.
numbers jewels scales
The total number of Dirichlet's publications is not large: jewels are not weighed on a grocery scale.
numbers important problem
The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
numbers endurance vices
The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number.
numbers sides smallest
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
numbers people wish
There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business. Brent Spiner
numbers speak
We know we don't get a lot of attention. We just feel we're a numbers team. We let our numbers speak for us.
numbers bills constitution
I`ve passed on a number of bills. I`ve studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well educated. Dianne Feinstein
numbers government cells
It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured.