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History Quotes

To not study the history of photography when you're trying to be a photographer is crazy Picture Quote #1

I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigor of the earlier world? Picture Quote #1

It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history Picture Quote #1

The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic but technological - technologies that flowed directly from advances in basic science Picture Quote #1

Buddy Holly was twenty-two. Think of what he might have gone on to achieve. I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course Picture Quote #1

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force Picture Quote #1

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We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it Picture Quote #1

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African Americans have made in a 30 year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another Picture Quote #1

What do you call it when two people have intense shared history? when nothing can separate them? Soul Sisters Picture Quote #1

There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar history is Picture Quote #1

The facts of history all appeared to me like specimens in a herbarium, permanently dried, so that it was easy to forget they had once upon a time been juicy with sap and alive in the sun Picture Quote #1

in] the whole of world history there is always only one really significant hour - the present... If you want to find eternity, you must serve the times Picture Quote #1

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Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith Picture Quote #1

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza Picture Quote #1

Some of our finest writers, organizers, artists, and scholars in the 60s as well as today, have been lesbian and gay, and history will bear me out Picture Quote #1

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there Picture Quote #1

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet strings from which all men hang Picture Quote #1

The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television Picture Quote #1

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You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on - into the dustbin of history! Picture Quote #1

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath Picture Quote #1

For history is a pontoon bridge. Every man walks and works at its building end, and has come as far as he has over the pontoons laid by others he may never have heard of Picture Quote #1

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history Picture Quote #1

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history Picture Quote #1

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included Picture Quote #1

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We've got the most prosperous culture in human history and we've also got the biggest spiritual hole in human history Picture Quote #1

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity Picture Quote #1

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it Picture Quote #1

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity Picture Quote #1

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history Picture Quote #1

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history Picture Quote #1

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To not study the history of photography when you're trying to be a photographer is crazy (History Quotes) I love art, and I love history, but it is living art and living history that I love. It is in the interest of living art and living history that I oppose so-called restoration. What history can there be in a building bedaubed with ornament, which cannot at the best be anything but a hopeless and lifeless imitation of the hope and vigor of the earlier world? (History Quotes) It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history (History Quotes) The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic but technological - technologies that flowed directly from advances in basic science (History Quotes) Buddy Holly was twenty-two. Think of what he might have gone on to achieve. I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course (History Quotes) We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force (History Quotes) We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it (History Quotes) Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African Americans have made in a 30 year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another (History Quotes) What do you call it when two people have intense shared history? when nothing can separate them? Soul Sisters (History Quotes) There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar history is (History Quotes) The facts of history all appeared to me like specimens in a herbarium, permanently dried, so that it was easy to forget they had once upon a time been juicy with sap and alive in the sun (History Quotes) in] the whole of world history there is always only one really significant hour - the present... If you want to find eternity, you must serve the times (History Quotes) Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith (History Quotes) Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza (History Quotes) Some of our finest writers, organizers, artists, and scholars in the 60s as well as today, have been lesbian and gay, and history will bear me out (History Quotes) History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there (History Quotes) History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet strings from which all men hang (History Quotes) The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television (History Quotes) You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on - into the dustbin of history! (History Quotes) There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath (History Quotes) For history is a pontoon bridge. Every man walks and works at its building end, and has come as far as he has over the pontoons laid by others he may never have heard of (History Quotes) The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history (History Quotes) The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history (History Quotes) Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included (History Quotes) We've got the most prosperous culture in human history and we've also got the biggest spiritual hole in human history (History Quotes) I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity (History Quotes) Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it (History Quotes) Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity (History Quotes) Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history (History Quotes) Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history (History Quotes)

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