- Deep
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Big Sky Mountain' is the story of Hutch Carmody and Kendra Shepherd, lovers with a history, and a lot of hurt pride. The book is about finding their way back to each other, growing as people, and inventing a life they can share.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.S., highly selective renditions of its history have served in practice to impose blinkers on some of its citizens and catered to vested interests.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much of how Americans have always understood their history, culture, and identity depends on positioning Europe as the 'other,' as that 'old world' against which they define themselves.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Empire in the past was always a far harsher and much more accident-prone business than conventional history books imply. And the costs of these overseas invasions were borne not just by those on the receiving end but - frequently - by ordinary, vulnerable people among or associated with the invaders.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a member of the National Trust. I absolutely love architecture, history, geography, the arts and culture. Oh, and I love gardens. I moved from London to Hertfordshire, so I could get a garden.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Google is my best friend and my worst enemy. It's fabulous for research, but then it becomes addictive. I'll have a character eating an orange, and next thing I'm Googling types of oranges, I'm visiting chat rooms about oranges, I'm learning the history of the orange.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the places I was put due to American history and laws and the oppression of black people - I had to make it work in other ways.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
China-Africa relationship has a long history and is full of vitality. Since the 1950s and 1960s, our common historical experiences have brought China and Africa together, and we have forged deep friendship in our joint struggle during which we have supported each other in times of difficulty.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.
- Component
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.
- Deliberately
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- Nov 07, 2020