- Power
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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
My parents lived a modest life, and their main concern was the education of their children. My father was a self-taught man but had a great intellectual curiosity, not only for biblical and talmudic texts, but also for philosophy, psychoanalysis and history.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Between Trump's election and Brexit, there were all sorts of opinions coming out of the woodwork that I thought had died out a long time ago. I was like, 'What's the point?' All we do is bad things. The history of humanity is the history of people exploiting each other.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fighting in Flint in front of all my fans has been a dream of mine since turning pro. Having the opportunity to make history by fighting for the undisputed title in a second weight division is something I'm very proud of.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I absolutely love my job. I feel so privileged: I get to travel the world, I get to witness history... and I'm constantly inspired by the different amazing characters I meet along the way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Film is the only language I speak, and I have been lucky to be involved in some great stories. You don't want to preach to people, but you want them to think about why things are the way they are, the history that is there as well as the possibilities.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm interested in history, in trying to relate the past to the present and to understand how people thought about their problems and pleasures.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's something in the landscape that's stronger than human civilisation. There's no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes.
- Prove
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is headed for a 2009 crack-up that could prove as messy as any party civil war in recent history.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as a Russophile. I speak the language and studied the nation's literature and history in college.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020