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		The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Leon Trotsky
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward also.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Charles E. Wilson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Very exceeding wonderful is the history concerning Abraham, for the kingdom of Christ is therein wholly represented.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jakob Bohme
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in my view, God comes at the end of this long process. This may not happen in our lifetimes or even in the lifetime of our species.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Martin Seligman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Global Warming: It is a hoax. It is bad science. It is high-jacking public policy. It is the greatest scam in history.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Coleman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Perkins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Amber Heard
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems totally scattered and chaotic.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eric Whitacre
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The people of Texas are rightly proud of their own, just like the French and the Italians, but visiting artists have often been given a shot in the history of art.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Clifford Ross
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alexander Haig
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Don Shula
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I believe human beings mark a threshold in the development of the planet, of course, but it is only part of the picture. What Big History can do is show us the nature of our complexity and fragility and the dangers that face us, but it can also show us our power, with collective learning.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Christian
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		The fact that, with time, this League [of Nations]-which was presumably designed by its founders to exist for all eternity-cannot be coupled with a Treaty the short term of which is inherent in its own weaknesses and impracticabilities, is a point which can perhaps be contested by today's interested parties, but which will one day be deemed a matter of course in history.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Adolf Hitler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Pain or perspective, that's the choice.' . . . You choose pain - you choose to fight it, deny it, bury it - then yes, the choice is always hard. But you choose perspective - embrace your history, give it credit for the better person it can make you, scars and all - the choice gets easier every time.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ted Dekker
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Banana Yoshimoto
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brett Kavanaugh