- Life
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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
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
2017 is going to be the biggest year for martial arts in the history of the Earth.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.
- Present
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.
- Kings
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.
- Heartbreaking
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- Nov 07, 2020
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think people that make history set out to make it.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020