Alistair Horne In the late 1980s, a new revolt broke out, this time led by the fundamentalist FIS (Islamic Salvation Front). Many of its leaders were the kind of young Algerians who joined the struggle against the French occupiers in the 1950s. – Alistair Horne Algerians Quotes Broke Quotes Fis Quotes French Quotes Fundamentalist Quotes Islamic Quotes Joined Quotes Late Quotes Leaders Quotes Led Quotes Occupiers Quotes Revolt Quotes Salvation Quotes Struggle Quotes Time Quotes Mrs. Miniver was an ordinary middle-class English housewife, a character created by Jan Struther when she was commissioned by the ‘Times of London’ to write a weekly ‘cheer-up’ article in 1937. A supreme pragmatist, Kissinger was never interested in the art of the impossible – and nor, as a biographer, am I. That is why, having initially been invited to write his entire official biography, I eventually decided to devote myself to writing just one year in his life: 1973.
Jill Lepore As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and never precedes, the emergence of new technologies for the exposure of secrets. – Jill Lepore
CoolTyra Banks I don’t go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people. – Tyra Banks
Michael Steele I was born in D.C. on 8th Street. I know what’s up. I know what time it is. I used to hang out in Brooklyn and in the Bronx as a teenager. I know what the real world is like. – Michael Steele
Michel Martelly I rallied all the youth around me, all the people who liked Compa, but felt like it was dying, going away, being replaced with Zouk. So it became a movement. So, through the years, I’ve played my music with dedication, discipline and originality, and controversy also. – Michel Martelly
Georgia Toffolo It was massive deal for me to be filmed without my makeup because I’ve tried hard for years not to show my spots. – Georgia Toffolo
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