Famous Quotes: History

Value people on their potential, not on their history.
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I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history.
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Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.
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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.
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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
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We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
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History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
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Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
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Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world.
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There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.
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I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.
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