- Mankind
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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
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two considerations led President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to choose Luis Donaldo Colosio as his successor: history and loyalty.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.
- Art History
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks they're middle-class - they're just working class because they speak with accents.
- War
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you can go back in history and look at what the effect in Asia and the world was of a divided, fractured China from, you know, the opium wars through the Chinese civil war, and I don't think it was pretty for Asia or the world.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I happened to fall into a job that wound up being a seminal piece of television history, which was a show I did on HBO called 'The Wire.' That experience really set the bar for me and opened a lot of doors. It also gave me a lot of street cred in terms of my phone ringing and job offers.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.
- Race
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- Nov 07, 2020