Quotes by Personal History I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history. A. E. Housman personal-history historical philosophy When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons, you banish the heroes-and we become attached to the heroic strain in our personal history. Andrew Solomon dragons personal-history hero A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his personal history the rest. B. F. Skinner evolution personal-history mind Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an Ego that denies. Beatrice Webb ego personal-history running It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people Carlos Castaneda personal-history historical people We feel more emotion... before an amateur photograph linked to our own life history than before the work of a Great Photographer, because his domain partakes of art, and the intent of the souvenir-object remains at the lower level of personal history. Chris Marker levels personal-history art Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music. Dave Grohl personal-history play hands I'm familiar with Andrei Sakharov reputation, but I don't know his personal history at all. Edward Snowden reputation familiar personal-history And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand. Emily Giffin personal-history soul memories I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives. Julie Salamon force form personal-history No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet. Katherine Anne Porter poet personal-history men I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that. Katherine Anne Porter biographies personal-history years God is the Lord of human history and of the personal history of every member of His redeemed family. Margaret Clarkson members personal-history lord I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were. Oprah Winfrey personal-history dream children I needed to talk about my real personal history, in order to become free of it. Paulo Coelho personal-history real order Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself with. Silvio Berlusconi personal-history skills men I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. And I love all of Octavia Butler's books. She's created some very complicated black heroines with a variety of belief systems. There are many great books out there, but those are a few of the ones that stand out. Viola Davis black personal-history book
