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History Books Quotes

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history Picture Quote #1

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat Picture Quote #1

I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange Picture Quote #1

You couldn’t always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee Picture Quote #1

Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books Picture Quote #1

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books Picture Quote #1

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History is written by winners, so most history books are about people who win Picture Quote #1

I find that the history books that we teach our kids with are not fully truthful, in my opinion Picture Quote #1

I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been applied, will be one of the greatest jokes in the history books of the future. Posterity will marvel that so very flimsy and dubious an hypothesis could be accepted with the incredible credulity it has Picture Quote #1

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre Picture Quote #1

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing Picture Quote #1

I keep drinking the ink from my pen and I'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down to one quotable phrase if you love something give it away Picture Quote #1

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Solyndra will be remembered in the history books as a sad hallmark of a newly installed administration that felt it was above the rules, lusting for positive headlines rather than focused on delivering results Picture Quote #1

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart Picture Quote #1

If I don’t tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong Picture Quote #1

Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature Picture Quote #1

I know that I’m already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job Picture Quote #1

It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts Picture Quote #1

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Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people’s hearts Picture Quote #1

You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to natural death Picture Quote #1

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing Picture Quote #1

When real substantive change happens it’s the people who watch your show, they’re the ones that make it happen. It’s people whose names are not highlighted in history books. They’re the ones that stand up in their place and time to make change Picture Quote #1

Thanks to history books, I have realised that people over the years have been dying of war, and that enabled me to realise that there is nothing stupid like war Picture Quote #1

What you believe someone else can or can’t do hasn’t got beans with the doing. Or lack of doing. Just go back through your history books and you’ll discover that just about everything you take for granted today in your daily lives was absolutely impossible not so many years ago Picture Quote #1

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When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong Picture Quote #1

As you go down the rabbit hole of reading into our history, you realize that there are so many things that history books didn’t teach us about ourselves Picture Quote #1

People come from all over the world to see this little place they’ve seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho Picture Quote #1

We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn’t a big research show. With the ‘Wounded Knee’ project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we’re talking about Picture Quote #1

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history (History Books Quotes) The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat (History Books Quotes) I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange (History Books Quotes) You couldn’t always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee (History Books Quotes) Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books (History Books Quotes) There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books (History Books Quotes) History is written by winners, so most history books are about people who win (History Books Quotes) I find that the history books that we teach our kids with are not fully truthful, in my opinion (History Books Quotes) I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been applied, will be one of the greatest jokes in the history books of the future. Posterity will marvel that so very flimsy and dubious an hypothesis could be accepted with the incredible credulity it has (History Books Quotes) We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre (History Books Quotes) All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing (History Books Quotes) I keep drinking the ink from my pen and I'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down to one quotable phrase if you love something give it away (History Books Quotes) Solyndra will be remembered in the history books as a sad hallmark of a newly installed administration that felt it was above the rules, lusting for positive headlines rather than focused on delivering results (History Books Quotes) Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart (History Books Quotes) If I don’t tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong (History Books Quotes) Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature (History Books Quotes) I know that I’m already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job (History Books Quotes) It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts (History Books Quotes) Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people’s hearts (History Books Quotes) You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to natural death (History Books Quotes) I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing (History Books Quotes) When real substantive change happens it’s the people who watch your show, they’re the ones that make it happen. It’s people whose names are not highlighted in history books. They’re the ones that stand up in their place and time to make change (History Books Quotes) Thanks to history books, I have realised that people over the years have been dying of war, and that enabled me to realise that there is nothing stupid like war (History Books Quotes) What you believe someone else can or can’t do hasn’t got beans with the doing. Or lack of doing. Just go back through your history books and you’ll discover that just about everything you take for granted today in your daily lives was absolutely impossible not so many years ago (History Books Quotes) When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong (History Books Quotes) As you go down the rabbit hole of reading into our history, you realize that there are so many things that history books didn’t teach us about ourselves (History Books Quotes) People come from all over the world to see this little place they’ve seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho (History Books Quotes) We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn’t a big research show. With the ‘Wounded Knee’ project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we’re talking about (History Books Quotes) Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it (History Books Quotes) 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 (History Books Quotes)

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