Famous Quotes: History

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
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There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline.
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Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.
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In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.
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I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
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History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.
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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
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Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.
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Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive.
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I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.
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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
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All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
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Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always.
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Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited.
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