History Quotes

विडंबना यह है कि अमेरिका में लोग यूरोप या किसी भी अन्य औद्योगिक देश की तुलना में अधिक घंटे काम करते हैं। वे मई दिवस से पूरी तरह अनजान प्रतीत होते हैं, वास्तव में यह नहीं जानते कि यह क्या है - हमारा अपना इतिहास।

In the U.S., ironically, people work longer hours in the U.S. than they do in Europe or in any other industrialized country. They seem utterly oblivious to May Day, don't really know what it is - our own history.

In the U.S., ironically, people work longer hours in the U.S. than they do in Europe or in any other industrialized country. They seem utterly oblivious to May Day, don't really know what it is - our own history.

आज के समय में, ख़ास तौर पर यह स्थिति बिलकुल स्पष्ट नहीं है कि इज़राइली लोग कहाँ खड़े हैं और फ़लस्तीनी कहाँ हैं, हमारी दुनिया हमारे आस-पास एक तरह से बदल रही है।

Today, especially, it's a really unclear situation in terms of where the Israelis are at, and where the Palestinians are at, the world is kind of changing around us.

Today, especially, it's a really unclear situation in terms of where the Israelis are at, and where the Palestinians are at, the world is kind of changing around us.

यह सोचना कि अतीत हमारे आगे यानी सामने है, समय की एक ऐसी अवधारणा है जो हमें अपनी यादों को संजोए रखने और वर्तमान के प्रति जागरूक रहने में मदद करती है। जो हमारे पीछे है [भविष्य] उसे देखा नहीं जा सकता और वह आसानी से भुलाया जा सकता है। जो हमारे सामने है [अतीत] उसे इतनी आसानी से भुलाया या अनदेखा नहीं किया जा सकता, क्योंकि वह हमारी आँखों के ठीक आगे रहता है और हमेशा अपनी मौजूदगी का अहसास कराता रहता है। अतीत हम में जीवित है, इसलिए लाक्षणिक अर्थ से कहीं बढ़कर यह सच है कि मरे हुए लोग जीवित हैं—हम खुद अपना इतिहास हैं।

That the past is ahead, in front of us, is a conception of time that helps us retain our memories and to be aware of its presents. What is behind us [the future] cannot be seen and is liable to be forgotten readily. What is ahead of us [the past] cannot be forgotten so readily or ignored, for it is in front of our minds' eyes, always reminding us of its presence. The past is alive in us, so in more than a metaphorical sense the dead are alive - we are our history.

That the past is ahead, in front of us, is a conception of time that helps us retain our memories and to be aware of its presents. What is behind us [the future] cannot be seen and is liable to be forgotten readily. What is ahead of us [the past] cannot be forgotten so readily or ignored, for it is in front of our minds' eyes, always reminding us of its presence. The past is alive in us, so in more than a metaphorical sense the dead are alive - we are our history.

मार्गरेट थैचर ने ग्रेनाडा पर हमारी कार्रवाई पर कुछ वैसे ही प्रतिक्रिया दी जैसे कोई बहुत संवेदनशील नेविल चेम्बरलिन बोल रहा हो।

Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.

Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.

लोकप्रिय पत्रकार निक्सन के नाम का इस्तेमाल ऐसी भावनाओं को भड़काने के लिए करते हैं जो स्टालिन का नाम लेने पर भी शांत रहती हैं।

Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned.

Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned.

उपन्यास अतीत को नए सिरे से सोचने, लिखने और देखने का एक जरिया है। साथ ही, यह उन लोगों से बात करने का भी माध्यम है जो अभी पैदा नहीं हुए हैं कि आज हम किन बातों के बारे में सोचते हैं।

A novel is a way to rethink and rewrite and re-envision the past, and also a way to speak to people who haven't been born yet about what we think about right now.

A novel is a way to rethink and rewrite and re-envision the past, and also a way to speak to people who haven't been born yet about what we think about right now.

मुझे उम्मीद है कि खासकर युवा पीढ़ी गुलामी और उसके प्रभावों को बेहतर ढंग से समझ पाएगी, जो आज भी साफ नजर आते हैं; वे उन तमाम समानताओं को समझेंगे और फिर वहाँ से चीजों को बेहतर बनाने के लिए उम्मीद की इस लहर का एक हिस्सा बनना शुरू करेंगे।

I hope that young people especially will begin to have a better understanding of slavery and its effects, which are still evident today, to understand those parallels and, from there, begin ta be a part of the wave of hope to change things for the better.

I hope that young people especially will begin to have a better understanding of slavery and its effects, which are still evident today, to understand those parallels and, from there, begin ta be a part of the wave of hope to change things for the better.

होंडुरास मूल 'केला गणराज्य' (बनाना रिपब्लिक) था, और वहां की गरीबी आज भी चरम पर है।

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

मैं वह पहला शख्स बनना चाहता हूँ जो किसी कम्युनिस्ट क्रांति को पलट दे।

I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution.

I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution.

जबकि अर्जेंटीना, जिन्हें पाठ्यपुस्तकों में एबीसी देश कहा जाता था, ब्राजील और चिली जैसे देश लोकतांत्रिक राजनीति और मुक्त बाजार अर्थव्यवस्था में ढलते हुए नजर आते हैं, वहीं एंडीज क्षेत्र के देश भारी उथल-पुथल से गुजर रहे हैं।

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

जितना अधिक मैंने इस बारे में सोचा और अपने इराकी दोस्तों से पूछा, उतना ही मुझे यह समझ आया कि इराक में भ्रष्टाचार का विचारों से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है—इसका सीधा ताल्लुक शासन व्यवस्था, संस्थागत ढांचों और सत्ता से है। मिशेल अफलाक की बातों में ऐसा कोई मूल सार नहीं है जिसकी वजह से यह सब हुआ हो। मिशेल अफलाक को एक मामूली या गौण चीज़ के रूप में देखने की यही असली कुंजी थी। वह एक ऐसी विचारधारा के वैचारिक जनक हैं जिस पर शायद ही कभी किसी ने यकीन किया होगा। उस बिंदु पर आकर, मैं एक अजीबोगरीब तरीके से उनकी अहमियत को समझ पाया।

The more I've reflected on that and asked Iraqi friends, the more I realize that the corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and power. There's no core to what Michel Aflaq has to say that results in this. That was a key to looking at Michel Aflaq as a sideshow. He's the intellectual father of an ideology that no one probably ever believed in. At that point I began to appreciate him in a funny way.

The more I've reflected on that and asked Iraqi friends, the more I realize that the corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and power. There's no core to what Michel Aflaq has to say that results in this. That was a key to looking at Michel Aflaq as a sideshow. He's the intellectual father of an ideology that no one probably ever believed in. At that point I began to appreciate him in a funny way.

मुजफ्फर अल-नवाब जैसे विद्रोही और प्रतिबंधित कवि हुआ करते थे—खास बात यह है कि मुजफ्फर बहुत मशहूर थे, पर उनकी कोई औपचारिक किताबें नहीं छपती थीं। वे कैसेट टेप के ज़रिए अपनी कविताएं लोगों तक पहुँचाते थे। यूट्यूब पर जाकर उन्हें सुनिए। वे किसी उपदेश देने वाले संत जैसे लगते हैं। आधुनिक इराकी जीवन में वे एक बेहद दिलचस्प शख्सियत हैं।

There were illegal poets like Muzaffar al-Nawab, this is the thing - Muzaffar was widely known and he didn't really have books. He would deliver these readings on cassette tape. Go on YouTube and listen to him. He's like a preacher. He's a really interesting figure in modern Iraqi life.

There were illegal poets like Muzaffar al-Nawab, this is the thing - Muzaffar was widely known and he didn't really have books. He would deliver these readings on cassette tape. Go on YouTube and listen to him. He's like a preacher. He's a really interesting figure in modern Iraqi life.

1972 से 1987 के बीच, प्रतिनिधि सभा में डेमोक्रेटिक महिलाओं की संख्या वास्तव में 14 से घटकर 12 रह गई थी। 'एमिलीज़ लिस्ट' (EMILY's list) ने 1988 में प्रतिनिधि सभा के चुनावों में उतरना शुरू किया।

Between 1972 and 1987, the number of Democratic women in the House had actually gone down, from 14 to 12. EMILY's list started doing House races in 1988.

Between 1972 and 1987, the number of Democratic women in the House had actually gone down, from 14 to 12. EMILY's list started doing House races in 1988.

हम कला-सृजन की बात इस बात से शुरू कर सकते हैं कि बहुत पहले से (करीબ 200,000 साल पहले से) इंसान अनुभव के एक हिस्से के रूप में स्वाभाविक रूप से असाधारण चीज़ों की तरफ आकर्षित होता रहा है। और किसी न किसी मोड़ पर उसने साधारण को असाधारण बनाने की प्रेरणा भी महसूस की है—यानी रोज़मर्रा की आम ज़िंदगी को एक नया आकार देकर उसे कुछ ऐसा खास और अलग बना देना, जो रोजमर्रा की भागदौड़ से हटकर हो।

We can begin a discussion of artmaking by noting that from very early (as long ago as 200,000 years), humans have been naturally attracted to the extraordinary as a dimension of experience and that at some point they seem also to have been moved to make the ordinary extraordinary-that is, to shape or elaborate everyday, mundane reality and thereby transform it into something special, different from the everyday.

We can begin a discussion of artmaking by noting that from very early (as long ago as 200,000 years), humans have been naturally attracted to the extraordinary as a dimension of experience and that at some point they seem also to have been moved to make the ordinary extraordinary-that is, to shape or elaborate everyday, mundane reality and thereby transform it into something special, different from the everyday.

क्या क्रांति उस लंबी प्रक्रिया (जिसे हम विकास कहते हैं) में सिर्फ एक तेज़ लात मारने से कहीं ज़्यादा नहीं थी? हमने क्रांति की 'कीमत' पर सवाल उठाए; लेकिन क्या यह कीमत उन पिछड़ी और अविकसित बस्तियों में सदियों से चुकानी पड़ रही कीमत से ज़्यादा थी, जो आज भी दुनिया का दो-तिहाई हिस्सा हैं और जो आज भी अपने लोगों को दो वक्त की रोटी की गारंटी नहीं दे सकतीं?

was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but was it higher than the cost over centuries in backward, underdeveloped communities, which still covered two-thirds of the earth and which still could not guarantee their populations daily bread?

was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but was it higher than the cost over centuries in backward, underdeveloped communities, which still covered two-thirds of the earth and which still could not guarantee their populations daily bread?

मैं कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकता कि अफ़गानिस्तान का पतन इराक के पतन से दस गुना ज़्यादा तेज़ गति से नहीं होगा।

I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's.

I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's.

आधुनिक समय के बड़े विचारों को व्यक्त करने के लिए अलग-अलग दौर की छवियों को एक नए संदर्भ में पेश करने का यह विचार मुझे बहुत रोमांचक लगा। वही पुरानी यादों पर आधारित सौंदर्यशास्त्र (आर्काइव एस्थेटिक) मेरी फिल्म-निर्माण शैली की नींव है।

The idea of recontextualizing images from different eras to express larger ideas about modern times was very exciting to me. That archival aesthetic is the foundation of my filmmaking style.

The idea of recontextualizing images from different eras to express larger ideas about modern times was very exciting to me. That archival aesthetic is the foundation of my filmmaking style.

अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति की यह पुरानी समस्या थी कि देश के स्थायी आर्थिक सरप्लस को कैसे ठिकाने लगाया जाए, इसके विपरीत सोवियत प्रधानमंत्री निकिता ख्रुश्चेव के सामने स्थायी कमी का राशन तय करने की समस्या थी।

Unlike the American President's chronic problem of finding ways to give away the country's permanent economic surplus, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's was the problem of rationing permanent scarcity.

Unlike the American President's chronic problem of finding ways to give away the country's permanent economic surplus, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's was the problem of rationing permanent scarcity.

महिला आंदोलन के उतार-चढ़ाव की वजह... आंशिक रूप से मनोवैज्ञानिक है। युद्ध के बाद के उन शुरुआती वर्षों में जब सफलताएँ झटपट मिलती चली गईं और लगभग हमें थाप दी गई, तब पूरा देश पुनरुत्थान की भावना के असर में था, जहाँ सब कुछ मुमकिन लगता था... कुछ सालों बाद देश उस अवस्था में पहुँच गया जो किसी शराब पीने के दौर के बाद आती है। वह अपनी खाली जेबों को मायूसी से टटोल रहा था। वह किसी को भी कुछ नहीं देना चाहता था। उसका सिर दर्द कर रहा था। नेक जज्बात उसे बीमार महसूस करा रहे थे। वह बस यह चाहता था कि उसे अकेला छोड़ दिया जाए।

the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women's movement ... is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes came thick and fast and were almost thrust upon us, the nation was still under the influence of the reconstruction spirit, when everything seemed possible ... A few years later the nation had reached the stage which follows a drinking bout. It was feeling ruefully in its empty pockets. It did not want to part with anything to anybody. Its head ached. Noble sentiments made it feel sick. It wanted only to be left alone.

the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women's movement ... is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes came thick and fast and were almost thrust upon us, the nation was still under the influence of the reconstruction spirit, when everything seemed possible ... A few years later the nation had reached the stage which follows a drinking bout. It was feeling ruefully in its empty pockets. It did not want to part with anything to anybody. Its head ached. Noble sentiments made it feel sick. It wanted only to be left alone.

जाने कैसे यह बात भुला दी गई है कि रिपब्लिकन पार्टी की स्थापना 1854 में एक दासता-विरोधी आंदोलन के रूप में हुई थी, जिसका एक ही सीधा उसूल था: गुलामी इंसानी अधिकारों का हनन है।

Somehow it has been forgotten that the Republican party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement, with one simple creed: that slavery is a violation of the rights of man.

Somehow it has been forgotten that the Republican party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement, with one simple creed: that slavery is a violation of the rights of man.