- 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
- Repeat
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- Nov 07, 2020
If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it.
- Funny Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.
- Facility
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- Nov 07, 2020
If history, philosophy and so on vanish from academic life, what they leave in their wake may be a technical training facility or corporate research institute. But it will not be a university in the classical sense of the term, and it would be deceptive to call it one.
- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020
The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a big way.
- Darkness
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is just this froth of artifact production that has appeared in the last ten to fifteen thousand years. It spread across the planet very quickly. But that mind in man just goes back and back into the darkness.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's been an unfortunate history of efforts to make sure Florida's votes don't count. Given that history, it's clear why people here would be especially concerned about efforts undertaken by Super PACs and the corporations that fund them to dictate the outcome of elections.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women were free in older times when the Islamic nation was strong. There are so many examples in history, not more than a thousand years ago, when Muslim women were leaders, scientists, professionals, and so on. It is all about justice, and justice can be attained through having the rulers accountable to their people.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020