- Exciting
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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, there hasn't been a significant correlation between gold prices and U.S. elections. Furthermore, history has shown that gold prices tend to fall just before U.S. elections and rise immediately after, and this goes on until the next election.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is a form of experience of the person, the place, the history of the people, and as black people, we are different. We hail from Africa to America, so the culture is mixed, from the African to the American. We can't drop that. It's reflected in the music, the dance, the poetry, and the art.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I taught a master class in film in France, and that was a great experience because I got a chance to study the French film culture and the French film history, so to add... just to expand myself just personally and professionally was really helpful.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
- Philosophy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.
- Cathedrals
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- Nov 07, 2020
All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020