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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
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30-ft-high stone wall to keep it out.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it.
- Biggest Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Standing here in a house of history, and acutely aware of my own imperfections, I pledge that if I am confirmed I will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great country.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I want to do is try to raise the level of SCI-Arc's original mission, which was to be forward-thinking. And let's face it, if you're forward-thinking and you're dealing in concepts of new ideas, history has told us that new ideas are not always wanted by everyone.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The freedom fighters in India's long struggle for independence from British rule, or members of the African National Congress, were once classed as terrorists. History, as they say, is written by victors, but history also has many cunning corridors - how much time must elapse before all those tricky side-passages are revealed?
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The history of Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be understood without its underlying emotional meanders. The emotional frameworks of the loss of Palestine for the Arab-Islamic world touched deep scars that go back to the Crusades, symbolizing a proof of Arab-Islamic decay, political impotence, and perceived (British/French) betrayal and antagonism.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
History will remember the UPA-II government for its numerous scandals, scams, and corruption, probably the maximum number ever.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
- Art History
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- Nov 07, 2020