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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 61 quotes by Simon Schama Simon Michael Schama, CBE (born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. He first came to popular public attention with his history of the French Revolution titled Citizens, published in 1989. In the United Kingdom, he is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC television... Read full biography of Simon Schama → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 Ctrl → America is truly special because it's founded on an idea. It's the ideological and philosophical equivalent of a formless God, in other... → 0 By the end of the nineteenth century, the stereotype of the ugly American - voracious, preachy, mercenary, and bombastically chauvinist - was firmly... → 0 I have this magpie instinct for the next glittering object. There are one or two things I know I can't write about, though: DIY, cricket... → 0 The history of the Jews has been written overwhelmingly by scholars of texts - understandably given the formative nature of the Bible and the Talmud.... → 0 Anyone can write an academic piece directed at other academics. To write something that delivers an argument and a gripping storyline to... → 0 I understood when I was quite small that there were two special things about the Jews. That we'd endured for over 3,000 years despite everything... → 0 I wrote a staggeringly bad poem when I was 19 after a girlfriend dumped me. I seem to remember comparing her to a tarantula. It was all very E. J.... → 0 Jewish comedy doesn't come out of nothing. Jewish music doesn't come out of nothing... I don't want to be part of a story where Jews are... → 0 Jewish history has been in my cultural DNA since I was a child growing up in post-war London. In the midst of that dark, gray, lamenting... → 0 Never crowd a pan with too many mushrooms. They give off an enormous amount of moisture. And there's nothing worse than a braised mushroom, other... → 0 The notion that religion can actually be something... attached to progressivism seems so bizarre. But all you have to say is that Abolition... → 0 It was the Sephardi Jews who brought fish and chips to Britain, actually, believe it or not, from the Mediterranean world. Apart from actually eating... → 0 I am not very relaxed about bad reviews. But I am resilient. I grieve, curse and swear, put on loud music, and get on with the next job. 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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