History Quotes
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Although the pineapple had been widely disseminated for centuries among the native peoples of South and Central America, it didn't figure in European history until 1493.
Kate Christensen
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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
Eddie Izzard
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I grew up with a fascination with Marco Polo. I had this unlikely interest in the East as a young man, and you can't really read about Chinese history and philosophy without encountering him at every turn.
John Fusco
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The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including whether they have a history. But because of the rarity of blue boron diamonds, they often fetch more money than gems of similar quality.
Sam Kean
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However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.
Chen Shui-bian
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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Oscar Wilde
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
Park Geun-hye
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I think Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach in history over there in Tuscaloosa.
Charles Barkley
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
H. G. Wells
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
G. Willow Wilson
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I like history because you can't really progress without knowing what comes before you, so I think it's super fascinating.
Laurie Hernandez
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Harold Washington
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We're always doing a lot of user studies on health and safety. We take it super seriously. But if you look back at the history of most new big technology breakthroughs, there is some element of controversy around what impact is it going to have.
Brendan Iribe
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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What's interesting about the 21st century is how people deal with cultural history. We don't necessarily feel like there are discrete categories. We consume it as a complete package, whether it's down the street or on the other side of the globe.
Kehinde Wiley
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I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the astronauts. I believe that their names will remain as the bright sparkling stars in the universe and will light the way for those who will follow them on the difficult roads of space exploration.
Valentina Tereshkova
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If the house is to be demolished tomorrow anyhow, people seem to feel, we may as well burn the furniture today. None of our problems are insoluble...But it seems clear that to prevail we humans will have to act with a smartness and selflessness that has so far eluded us during our long and tangled history.
Arthur C. Clarke
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Everyone may have some advise for the RBI. Some may advise, 'Cut your lending rates and raise the deposit rate.' How will a bank function? We take a medium term view. The bank has an 80-year-old history. I don't want to destroy it for a few decisions.
Raghuram Rajan
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No one can be certain what the future will bring. No one can say whether the time has come for an easing of the struggle. But history and our own conscience will judge us harsher if we do not now make every effort to test our hopes by action. And this is the place to begin.
John F. Kennedy
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Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Gavin Bryars
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The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.
C. Wright Mills
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During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.
Gavin Newsom
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History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
Malcolm X
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My inspiration is love and history.
Waris Ahluwalia