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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
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian states - or darker periods in American history.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drag will always be a dynamic and powerful art form, and it is my duty now to honor the artists who have come before me while continuing to pioneer my own path and history by being open to growth and change as a human and a drag superstar.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nagasaki is not just an international city with a long and fascinating history. It is a global inspiration for all those who seek to create a safer and more secure world.
- First World
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations and economics. History is also an ideal discipline for almost all careers in the law, the civil service and the private sector.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.
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- Nov 07, 2020