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- Nov 07, 2020
History Quotes
Personal history and the record we leave.
Quotes about "history" here move between the personal and the public — early museum visits that shaped a scientific mindset, and a family history full of preachers and former priests. For enduring, timeless sayings, see Long quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot get by Auschwitz. We should not even try, as great as the temptation is, because Auschwitz belongs to us, is branded into our history, and - to our benefit! - has made possible an insight that could be summarized as, 'Now we finally know ourselves.'
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of people; it's a crazy place to be.
- Dignity
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- Nov 07, 2020
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think criticism, or a critical engagement with history, has a good deal to do with a willingness to be fooled.
- Darkness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The story of 'Mirror Mirror' is in many ways a story about evolution. It's about the evolution of a child into an adult. It's about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. It's about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the decision to make substances like steroids from plants, rather than from animal tissues, was a landmark in the history of medicine as well as the history of chemistry.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a smart guy, I know the history of this issue and why people care about it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you live in China, I guess.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, the history of 20th century physics was in large measure about how to avoid the infinities that crop up in particle theory and cosmology. The idea of point particles is convenient but leads to profound, puzzling troubles.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history. But I can't do nothing about that.
- Big Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I'm one of the biggest busts in NBA history, and I know it will only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a bit of a history goon, and I love all that. Anything that's medieval-based up until, probably, the Tudor period and just after, I'm quite into.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020