History Quotes
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If we are weak, our country will be in jeopardy. It is the living lesson of human history of the rise and fall of nations. In order for a country not to fall, it must cultivate its own strength.
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My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.
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I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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It avoids a self-conscious relationship to the act. We live in the most self-conscious society in the history of mankind. There are good things in that, but there are also terrible things. The worst of it is, that we find it hard to give ourselves to the cultural process.
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More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races, but because China has enjoyed such a long and continuous history as a polity, there has been thousands of years of mixing, melding and assimilation.
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We've yet to deal with the uncomfortable history of England being involved in the transatlantic slave trade, whereas America has at least made some movies dealing with its racial history.
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Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history off the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.
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Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I've always been fascinated with the history of the Plains Indians and the history of the American Indian Movement in the '70s.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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I'm interested in history.
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I think it's important to understand that in the big historical context of things, there has been land degradation from civilisation since the beginning of history. I mean, the Rajputana desert in India is a manmade desert caused by overgrazing.
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The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
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History is not hatred.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
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History is on the side of the regulators.
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I've never made a dime from a record sale in the history of my record deal. I've been very happy with my sales, and certainly my audience has been very supportive. I make a living going out and playing shows.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage...
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If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self-destruction.
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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.
