Quotes About History

You, of all people, must appreciate the force of the Hieland charge!" Jamie looked up at that, and regarded MacDonald for a long moment before replying. "Aye, well. Ye were behind the cannon at Culloden, Donald. I was in front of them. With a sword in my hand.

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le Comte Saint Germain," he said, and paused

Her name was Geneva Dunsany," Grey said. "My wife's sister.

If U.S. focuses on truth and justice, we'll realize that Israel has been there for 3,000 years - the same language, the same people, the same culture for 3,000 years - and it's always astonishing to me that we somehow now think that they're the occupiers.

Being the guy that ended the run of the greatest fighter ever will always be attached to my name.

Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.

I was always attracted to the past as a kid.

I'm attracted to the past.

The roles that I always get attracted to are roles where the material is based on an actual person.

I hope that audiences understand that there is a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address, that there has always been a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address. In fact, our country is built on the precariousness of black lives, the disposability of black lives.

Dad's mother and aunt were actresses.

So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there.

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

My place in New York is very authentic, very old New York. I love old New York.

We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years!

I really should have been a pharaoh - do you know that?

I think it's always exciting when 'Doctor Who' touches its past.

I only ever wanted to do history, and make documentaries.

It was through watching documentaries on the BBC in the late 1980s that I first became interested in art and history.

As with the Trojans or the Tudors, there are many evergreen stories that we come back to again and again. I think history documentaries are as much about the present as they are the past.