- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
History turns me on. I was terrible at it at in school, but as I get older, I get more and more into it.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, we all make mistakes, and I've made some; getting involved in a price-cutting campaign in Scotland when the biggest slump in advertising history was just around the corner was a mistake.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very important that all the supporting characters feel like they've existed in the world, that they've had a history, and they'll go on to have a history within the scope of the story rather than just popping up and then disappearing.
- Connection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having spent many years working in New York's Chinatown restaurants early in my career, I have the utmost respect for the history and connection New Yorkers have with Chinese cuisine.
- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom has no history.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe it's just, I've always been to the less traveled places, in any topic, whether it's history, I always like to just choose the most obscure topic. And I don't know why I have that impulse. I can't really explain it but I've been doing that since I was a little kid.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing I'm particularly interested in is natural history. In its heyday, the mid- and late-nineteenth century, when people were going out and gathering the first huge caches of data and trying to understand what was living and growing everywhere, there was such a sense of freshness to that pursuit. It's very exciting.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A country that has really resonated with me and I was really impressed with was Israel. I found that the whole country had a very special atmosphere. I was there to perform, but it was one of the few places that I've visited over the years that I had some free time to explore, and I was hugely impressed by all the religious history there.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'
- Parliament
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parliament's centuries of history have been overwhelmingly dominated by men, but things are changing.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020