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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party Picture Quote #1

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history Picture Quote #1

Like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones Picture Quote #1

If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self destruction Picture Quote #1

We find in the history of ideas mutations which do not seem to correspond to any obvious need, and at first sight appear as mere playful whimsies - such as Apollonius' work on conic sections, or the non-Euclidean geometries, whose practical value became apparent only later Picture Quote #1

I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history Picture Quote #1

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Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years Picture Quote #1

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific Picture Quote #1

We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected 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

History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency Picture Quote #1

History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves Picture Quote #1

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With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them Picture Quote #1

Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have nots Picture Quote #1

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means Picture Quote #1

History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud which she carries and the corpses of the drowned Picture Quote #1

History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring flows towards her goal. History knows her way. She makes no mistakes Picture Quote #1

I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs Picture Quote #1

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There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable Picture Quote #1

Criticizing a person's ideas about God and the afterlife is thought to be impolitic in a way that criticizing his ideas about physics or history is not Picture Quote #1

As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit, or belief, they were called a Republic Picture Quote #1

Pain is beyond reason, an obliterating giant stupidity to which all your history of jokes and nuance and ideas and caresses is nothing, simply nothing Picture Quote #1

We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poor house in an automobile Picture Quote #1

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin Picture Quote #1

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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

For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as valuable to me as a hero of history that existed a thousand years ago Picture Quote #1

This is most true, and all history bears testimony to it, that men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her, - they may weave her web, but they cannot break it Picture Quote #1

In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from Picture Quote #1

In all recorded history there has not been one economist who had to worry about where his next meal was coming from Picture Quote #1

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness Picture Quote #1

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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party (History Quotes) Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history (History Quotes) Like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones (History Quotes) If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he has been afflicted by some built-in mental disorder which drives him towards self destruction (History Quotes) We find in the history of ideas mutations which do not seem to correspond to any obvious need, and at first sight appear as mere playful whimsies - such as Apollonius' work on conic sections, or the non-Euclidean geometries, whose practical value became apparent only later (History Quotes) I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history (History Quotes) Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years (History Quotes) We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific (History Quotes) We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected (History Quotes) What do you call it when two people have intense shared history? when nothing can separate them? Soul Sisters (History Quotes) History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency (History Quotes) History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves (History Quotes) With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them (History Quotes) Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have nots (History Quotes) Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means (History Quotes) History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud which she carries and the corpses of the drowned (History Quotes) History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring flows towards her goal. History knows her way. She makes no mistakes (History Quotes) I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs (History Quotes) There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable (History Quotes) Criticizing a person's ideas about God and the afterlife is thought to be impolitic in a way that criticizing his ideas about physics or history is not (History Quotes) As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit, or belief, they were called a Republic (History Quotes) Pain is beyond reason, an obliterating giant stupidity to which all your history of jokes and nuance and ideas and caresses is nothing, simply nothing (History Quotes) We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poor house in an automobile (History Quotes) Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin (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) For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as valuable to me as a hero of history that existed a thousand years ago (History Quotes) This is most true, and all history bears testimony to it, that men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her, - they may weave her web, but they cannot break it (History Quotes) In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from (History Quotes) In all recorded history there has not been one economist who had to worry about where his next meal was coming from (History Quotes) History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness (History Quotes)

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