"When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese."

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"When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese."

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"I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills."

Research,

"It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history."

History,

"For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction."

People, Civilliberties, Fiction, Future

"After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book."

Writing, First, Style

"Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances."

People, Circumstances, Evil, Potential

"I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space."

Love, People, Mind, Solitude

"I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities."

Work, Cities

"I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life."

Life, Being, May

"It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest."

Nation, Country, Interest, Tension

"It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies."

Diversity, Babies, Credit, Culture, Open

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"Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

History, Misery, Want

"Revolutions are the locomotives of history."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

History,

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

History, Lies

"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

Ronald Reagan, American President

History, War, Aggression

"For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

History, Truth, Fact, Man, Present

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"History is more or less bunk."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

History,