Historicization Quotes & Sayings

There is a new venue for theory, necessarily impure, where it emerges in and as the very event of cultural translation. This is not the displacement of theory by historicism, nor a simple historicization of theory that exposes the contingent limits of its more generalizable claims. — Judith Butler

Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others. — Andrew Sarris

Loneliness is a desert. Solitude an oasis. — Ted Agon

As much as you don't want to say you are a vengeful person, when someone drags your name through the mud and plays press games and puts things out there like that, you are kind of like, alright. US Weekly will be gone next week, the songs I am writing won't. — Kid Rock

The appropriation of history, the historicization of the past, the narrativization of society, all of which give the novel its force, include the accumulation and differentiation of social space, space to be used for social purposes. — Edward W. Said

We are called to make the world a better place, people - happier. — Sunday Adelaja

I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out. — Columbus Short

Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy. — Paul Watson

If Mike Tyson is in your courtroom and you don't send him to jail, it's an injustice. Everyone knows he's a bad guy. So if he is in your courtroom, he should go to jail. — Mike Tyson

Don't try to make a product for everybody, because that is a product for nobody. — Seth

It's the almost that haunts me. Even now. — Amy Matayo

I only saw one collection of Victoria Beckham, and I thought it was very much like Pierre Cardin or Marcel Rochas dresses. She's thought about it, and she knows what she wants. And people buy it, so that means she works. She has this incredible will power to do something that she likes to do. And I love that. I respect that. — Manolo Blahnik

Mai whispers, "Why did she have to leave? When she was there, I knew where I had her; she was safe."
"You of all people," Nicholas says, "should know that freedom is more important than being safe. — E.J. Squires

As an actress, you know there are limitations on what you can do creatively. — Michelle Yeoh