Bob Irwin Quotes
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
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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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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.
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I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
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History is more interesting than most people think.
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The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.
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I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.
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Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they show the film all the time on cable over there, so people recognise you.
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I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.
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Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.
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History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.
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We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.
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A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
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What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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Observation is an old man's memory.
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History is nothing but the lies we tell about our ancestors.
