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I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the Bosnian war.


Michael Ignatieff


#day #fell #happened #historical #huge

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.


Hervey Allen


#been #continent #cultural #first #gathered

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him.


Gwenn Wright


#family-saga #gothic-romance #historical-fiction #strong-heroine #suspense

I will be a historical painter.


William Allan


#i #painter #will

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans.


Isabel Allende


#fiction #first #first time #historical #historical fiction

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task.


Aldrich Ames


#agency #away #backed #conducting #difficulties

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.


Dave Barry


#empire #historical #just #like #now

I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.


Antony Beevor


#believes #find #going #historical #i

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel?


Eloisa James


#historical-romance #beauty

Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have.


Hillary Clinton


#countries #elite #expect #get #going






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