History Quotes
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We find in the history of ideas mutations which do not seem to correspond to any obvious need, and at first sight appear as mere playful whimsies - such as Apollonius' work on conic sections, or the non-Euclidean geometries, whose practical value became apparent only later.
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The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.
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'The Others' books take place in an alternate Earth where the Earth natives have been the dominant predators throughout the world's history, and humans are nowhere near the top of the food chain. But humans are clever and resilient, if not always wise, and have made some bargains with the Others in order to survive.
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You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got it wrong.
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It might be the history major in me, but I look to the past when I try to construct my fictional futures.
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Witchcraft was hung, in History, But History and I Find all the Witchcraft that we need Around us, every Day -
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The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections - theirs and other people's.
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We're living in a tremendously new landscape, and the possibility of what can be created is immense. These tools of the moving image have a relatively short history in art, and what we can do with them is still largely unknown. We are still innovating and finding ways to tell stories.
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If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp.
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Spiritual wisdom is now available to everyone, disseminated to the masses as never before in world history. Finally, a few trips to the library, and we have a pretty good sense of what all the masters said. They all said the same things. There is a mass discovery that Jesus is truth, the Torah is truth, Mohammed is truth, Krishna is truth, Buddha is truth, and so on. They are all truth and they are all among us now.
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So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
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Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history.
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Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.
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In today's America He (Jesus) has moved from the central figure of world history to source material for late-night comics and pundits who would not dare treat other religious leaders with such disrespect.
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I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.
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I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.
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I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.
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Art is the suitcase of history, carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, art is memory, art is vaccine.
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Oh gosh, I'm completely allergic to historical dramas. Particularly those around the civil-rights movement. It's not my favorite thing to watch. So often they feel like medicine. Or not even a history lesson, because I really like history. Just... obligatory.
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I think I'm the same dancer everywhere. But I've learned a lot with Bolshoi - the history of the theater, the technique of the theater, different nuances in my technique.
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I'm interested in history, in trying to relate the past to the present and to understand how people thought about their problems and pleasures.
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In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.
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In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who have been both homosexual at times in their lives and then heterosexual, or vice-versa, or bisexual. How can it be a biological imperative if people can change?
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Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; its a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. Its all right there in front of us.
