History Quotes
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Men need history; it helps them to have an idea of who they are. But history, like sanctity, can reside in the heart; it is enough that there is something there.
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My personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which I want to keep to myself. I am in fact in no way more important than is the typesetter for my books, the man who works the mill; no more important than the man who binds my books and the woman who wraps them and the scrubwoman who cleans up the office.
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Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.
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It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.
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So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world.
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It is not the neutrals or the lukewarm who make history.
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Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
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Jesus was a human being, bound by history and the natural world; an extraordinary man, to be sure, but still a man.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Our history is not our destiny.
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The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
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My history of singing has always probably been closer to a David Bowie approach than, for example, an AC/DC approach.
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If the Trump campaign, or anybody associated with it, aided or abetted the Russians, it would not only be a serious crime, it would also represent one of the most shocking betrayals of our democracy in history.
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Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our 'through-other' history and to shape a better future.
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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
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The Offshore Wind Energy Act could be not only a jobs creator, but also a history maker.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of two of the greatest personalities in stage history.
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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
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The President is an elected king, but the fact that he is elected has proved to be of far less significance in the course of political evolution than the fact that he is pragmatically a king. … Kings have often been selected this way in European history, and the Roman Emperor was regularly chosen by election.
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Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism over their funding schemes.
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
