Famous Quotes: History

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.
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I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
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Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.
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Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
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In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.
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I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.
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They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion.
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Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better.
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China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.
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Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.
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But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.
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History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.
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The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York.
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In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes.
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Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history.
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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
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