- I Am
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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that the IRA, in the context of Irish history, and Sinn Fein were a legitimate force that had to be recognized, and you wouldn't have peace without them.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has a long and proud history of providing safe harbor for refugees. We must continue to do so, but in a way that keeps America safe.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered is based on a lie.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both my father and I remodeled our homes but were quite careful about preserving the history and unique character of the community.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The defining moment in American economic history is when Bill Clinton lobbied to get China into the World Trade Organization. It was the worst political and economic mistake in American history in the last 100 years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can't quote something that isn't sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth.
- Art History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art history books.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the '39 Clues,' we were making history jump out of the page for the readers, so they don't know they're learning. The kids can't put the books down - it's so exciting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing nonfiction, you're responsible to posterity, to history, to other people because the events happened, and you feel responsible to record them as they happened.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020