Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother's side of the family.
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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I want to go down in history.
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Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen.
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
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The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.
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My inspiration is love and history.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
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There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is something I'm deeply aware of. My take on it, I suppose, was that I do think actors should be able to play anything.
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The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.
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Both my father and I remodeled our homes but were quite careful about preserving the history and unique character of the community.
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The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.
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Clearly, 9/11 would have to be some of the best work that I've done because I was working without a template, and that was very difficult. Having nearly been victimized by the north tower, it was difficult to remain composed and be informative.
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The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
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A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics.
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We cannot escape history.
