History Quotes
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This is a very fickle and faithless generation.
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I read more history books than anything else.
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The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.
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My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.
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One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
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In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.
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History is lived forwards but it is written in retrospect. We know the end before we consider the beginning and we can never wholly recapture what it was to know the beginning only.
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I do love history. I loved learning about wars and things in school.
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When one is the type of writer who cares about the meaning of the historically specific setting, the history itself is not something that I would call backdrop. It's not window dressing for a timeless relationship about love and betrayal. For me, the setting and the specific history are active co-agents with me in trying to form the novel.
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History is tangled, messy, contradictory. But is where we are.
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As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said that as a consequence of historic wrongs, we are now going to take a big chunk of the nation's resources over a long period of time to make that right.
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The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.
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The story of everyday people rising up to fight against evil to protect their families - it's a story that we've seen play out throughout history and across the world today.
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I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with the ensuing era.
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Americans don't learn about the world; they don't study world history, other than American history in a very one-sided fashion, and they don't study geography.
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We know the Arts are the archives of our human history, the wind of invention and the heartbeat of humanity.
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'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.
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Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
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It occurs to me to wonder: do I believe in any god, or even positively not believe, as James does? I believe in systems and methods. I believe in the beauties of philosophy and poetry. I believe that the work we do and leave behind us is our afterlife; and I believe that history lies, but sometimes so well that I can't bring myself to resent it. I believe that truth is beauty, but not, I'm afraid, the reverse. It doesn't seem sufficient to sustain one in life's rigorous moments. Perhaps I shall embrace Islam. Its standards for poetry seem very high.
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I got history solidly under my belt, reading Russian history and biographies. I couldn't change the facts. I could only play with how the people might have responded to the facts of their lives.
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Enshrined in a language is the whole of a community's history and a large part of its cultural identity. The world is a mosaic of visions. To lose even one piece of this mosaic is a loss for all of us.
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I think, in history, we often see a false representation of women. The men are always the successors and, supposedly, of their own merit, which I don't believe to be to true.
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We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.
