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The writing of history is largely a diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events. — Frank Herbert

Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises. — Karl Liebknecht

Now, at last, she understood her great attraction to him. Here was the companion of her spirit. Here, indeed, was love. — Anne Rouen

Philosophize: you are a mistress, part of a great hysterical you mean historical tradition. — Lorrie Moore

They were magnificent all right, with the magnificence that can only grow in the ground of great foolishness. — Orna Ross

The greatest challenge of my life has been to see and accept the actual truth without great pain and struggle against it. — M.C. Halliday

Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces. — Jacques Barzun

Every great day has a story and a song! — Faith Reese Martin

The great man, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot eagles with an arrow. The past is past. To see real heroes, look around you. — Mao Tse-tung

Great job, you just executed Ben Franklin! - Otto Ray — Monet Polny

Things are only mannequins and even the great world-historical events are only costumes beneath which they exchange glances with nothingness — Walter Benjamin

To survive one tragedy was to learn you cannot survive them all, and this knowledge was both a freedom and a great loss. — Chris Womersley

I like to write stories that read like historical fiction about great, world-changing events through the lens of a flawed protagonist. — Carol Berg

Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love. — Philippa Gregory

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. — Antony Beevor

Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the tattoo practitioner. — William Webb

The United States of America will sound as pompously in the world or in history as The Kingdom of Great Britain. — Thomas Paine

I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre. — Mal Peet

Saladin had the same immediate successor as all the great Muslim leaders of his time: civil war. Barely had he died that his empire was dismembered. — Amine Maalouf

The four great motives for writing prose are sheer egoism, esthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. — George Orwell

As much as I care about historical context - I'm very eager to read a really great historical account. — Jonathan Lethem

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it. — Oscar Wilde

This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well. — Paulo Freire

Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. — Samuel Johnson

Mr. Yeats makes great poetry out of what he calls his unhappiness about me, and he is happy in that. - Maud Gonne — Orna Ross

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying. — Jon Turteltaub

Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy. — George H. W. Bush

Mysteries are the evidence to errors in our religious and historical precepts. — Matthew A. Petti

A great poet can give nobler and more precious gifts to his country than the greatest philanthropist or politician. — Orna Ross

It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves. — P.J. Sullivan

I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself — Peter The Great

One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia. — Lynn Abbey

For whom do you cry, my son?" the Great Spirit asked.
"I do not know."
"Yes, you do. — P.J. Parker

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events. — Arthur Erickson

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing. — Steven Weinberg

You have to be a great liar to write fiction, a real historical revisionist. — M. Pierce