Albert Camus Quotes
A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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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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If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
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There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
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I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.
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I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
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Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there's a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history.
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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
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The history of Guitar Hero is pretty spectacular. Really, I don't know of another franchise that has captured the imagination of the world so quickly and so powerfully and so positively in such a short period of time.
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Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.
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You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.
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Nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history. To be sure, only a redeemed mankind receives the fullness of its past - which is to say, only a redeemed mankind has its past become citable in all its moments. Each moment it has lived becomes a citation à l'ordre du jour - and that day is Judgement Day.
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The world is very lucky to have America. It's got to be the first time in the whole history of the planet that a country has been the dominant force in the world and it has actually been a force for good... America really deserves more credit.
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I am proud of what I've done.
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I thought actors were artists and that artists had to be European.
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Don't lose sight of the essential objectives of painting, which are expression, emotion, delectation; to understand the means, to paint decoratively, to exalt form and color.
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A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.
