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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
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out wanting to be a naturalist. My obsession in my youth was with bird-watching. I collected things, I spent a lot of time outdoors. I only vaguely realized that science was a little more than natural history, but by then I was hooked.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important never to forget our history, but parts of our history are more appropriately displayed in museums, not on government property.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really endeavored to hide anything. But there were times I chose not to relegate my history to the back page of a magazine, which to me is sort of akin to putting your biography on a bathroom wall.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Senior year in college, a kind of confluence of events came together to have me pursue a career in acting. I was planning on being a lawyer; I double majored in history and political science. I took the LSAT and did horribly on it, and that was one thing that made me rethink a new direction.
- Secrets
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all of the secrets of the universe are revealed in history. We understand who we are by understanding where we've been and why we are the way we are, and where we come from.
- Human Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
- Nov 07, 2020
Juventus will never be like Real Madrid or Barcelona because its history and playing style speak for itself.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money can be a reflection of our perceptions of power, self-esteem, personal history, fears, and happiness.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Endnotes, often confused with footnotes that live at the bottom of a page, is that lump of text at the end of the book, sometimes even relegated to a tiny font size. They're often forgotten but, in nonfiction, particularly history books, can offer a fascinating footprint into the author's research, a joyful, geeky abyss.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt.
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- Nov 07, 2020