“Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany.” SubjectsGreatnessShapesEnglandFaultsBritishDespiteGermanyPresent DayWorthiness Author:Gustav Stresemann
“Despite the hundreds of attempts, police terror and the concentration camps have proved to be more or less impossible subjects for the artist; since what happened in them was beyond the imagination, it was therefore also beyond art and all those human values on which art is traditionally based.” HumansArtArtistValuesImaginationImpossibleHappenedSubjectsArt IsPoliceTerrorDespiteConcentrationCampsHuman ValuesConcentration Camp Book:The Savage God: A Study of Suicide Source: The Savage God: A Study of Suicide
“The selection of a subject is to the author what choice of position is to the general,--once skilfully determined, the battle is already half won. Of a few writers it may be said that they are popular in despite of their subjects--but of a great many more it may be observed that they are popular because of them.” MaySaidChoicesLiteratureHalfSubjectsPositionBattleDeterminedDespiteGreat MenSelection Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“Despite the modern dogma to the effect that women were a subject sex until the nineteenth century 'emancipated' them from history, women in history had demonstrated strong wills and purposes, had made assertions, and had directed or influenced all human destiny, including their own, since human life began.” HumansMadePurposeStrongSexWomenDestinyHistoryModernSubjectsEffectsCenturyIncludingDespiteHuman LifeDogmaAssertionNineteenth CenturyStrong WillWomen In History Author:Mary Ritter Beard
“Doctor Mengele is such a powerful character historically, as powerful as Nazism itself, so these subjects always tend to be the protagonists. What I think is that despite this historical references, Wakolda or The German Doctor is a very intimate story.” ThinkingCharacterStoriesPowerfulSubjectsDoctorsHistoricalDespiteIntimateNazismProtagonists Author:Lucia Puenzo