History Quotes
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The people I really do dislike are the morally unimaginative kind of evolutionary reductionists who, in the name of science, think they can explain everything in terms of our early hominid ancestors or our genes, with their combination of high-handed tone and disregard for history. Such reductive speculation encourages a really empty scientism.
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For starters, this country embodies something utterly unique: History's first democratic empire. Beginning in the post war era, we have used free trade and democracy to create a series of interlocking relationships that end war.
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I got into history when I was 11 years old, and it all started with the Titanic. I'd read books in the library about it. Of course I've seen the movie, too - I don't think I've ever cried that much.
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He is so vain that he wants to figure in history as the settler of all the great questions; but a Parliamentary constitution is not favorable to such ambitions; things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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I would never lie to anyone about history.
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Geography is history in place, history is geography in time.
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If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.
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History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.
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History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.
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We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept rolling along. We know it all now, with our thoughts traveling at the speed of a tweet, our 140 characters in search of a paragraph. We're post-history. We're post-mystery.
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Remember that history always repeats itself. Every great bubble in history has broken. There are no exceptions.
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September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.
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When I'm writing for certain instruments, you want to write within what you know about that instrument but also challenge the player. Something like 'Aheym' is very virtuosic - but because I have a history of performing music, I don't like unplayable music.
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'Big Sky Mountain' is the story of Hutch Carmody and Kendra Shepherd, lovers with a history, and a lot of hurt pride. The book is about finding their way back to each other, growing as people, and inventing a life they can share.
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Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.
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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
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I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.
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To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation was culture, not sainthood.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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I think Pussy Riot is amazing. I'm honored that they were inspired by riot grrl, and obviously they're making history around the world.
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Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history.
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The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year.
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The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.
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We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can be written about it. This is a perfect time to capitalize on and get kids excited about music education.
