In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty dividing Iran between them; no Iranian was at the negotiations or even knew they were taking place. – Stephen Kinzer
It’s hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called ‘post-racial’, or, better yet, post-racism. – Tim Wise
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn’t take it because I was still an amateur. – Tracy Austin
I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can’t remember a street I grew up on. – Vanessa Hudgens
The word of God – what does it say about what his place is going to be in the Kingdom? Think about it. – Stephen Baldwin
The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about it was that I truly belonged there. – Steve-O
To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word. – Sebastian Franck
If there was no Hollywood, no next movie, no deal at Warner Brothers, no place in Malibu or Venice, I would still be really happy. – Susan Downey
Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners’ persecution. – Thomas Frank
Diane Arbus is one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly daring artists of the 20th century. Her work emerged from a deeply private place and profoundly affected all those who came into contact with it. – Steven Shainberg
I’m always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian. – Sara Zarr
This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths. – William Robertson Smith
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. – Theophile Gautier
Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn’t. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present. – Siri Hustvedt
The most telling thing about ‘Fargo,’ both the now-classic movie and the television series, is that it doesn’t take place in Fargo. – Steve Erickson
I certainly tried to make the House a more open and effective place, and I believe I succeeded. – Thomas P. O’Neill
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them. – Virginia Woolf