- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eras Quotes
On decades, history, and changing ages.
These eras quotes include a fond nod to a favorite decade's music alongside a sharper claim that every era carries its own superstitions, not just the past. See our Always quotes for related reflection.
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- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
The '60s is one of my favourite eras in general. I love '60s music, and I've always wanted to do a period film.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
My process for determining which eras I'd write about was to just read history books that gave a really broad overview of Chinese history. And when I came across a historical figure or a historical incident that was especially interesting to me, ideas for characters and stories would surface.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going through the 'greatest hits' from my years as a social studies teacher, and picked the historical characters and eras that most appealed to my students.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite eras for styles are still the 70s and 40s, and there will be a few iconic pieces to build the wardrobe around, like there were at Chloe, but I want there to be a feel of mix-and-match.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thomas Pynchon surely inaugurated or crystallized a new genre in 1963 when he published 'V.' The seriocomic mystery or thriller with one foot set in the present and one in various historical eras received its postmodern baptism from Pynchon.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has this notion of the Middle Ages - certainly the early Middle Ages - as being this very superstitious era. I think that all eras are superstitious. We all have our magical thinking.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.
- American Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
The forward march of American literature is usually chronicled by way of its male novelists. There is little sense, in that version of the story, that women writers of those eras were doing much worth remembering.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time, music wise, and the elegance and the way of being.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. In America, possibly because of whatever the American dream is, this happens over and over again. These eras repeat.
- End Product
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- Nov 07, 2020