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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion Picture Quote #1

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility Picture Quote #1

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death Picture Quote #1

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book. And I began putting more work into environmental history Picture Quote #1

The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves Picture Quote #1

The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa Picture Quote #1

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We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists. To understand how those evil things came about Picture Quote #1

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time Picture Quote #1

There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world Picture Quote #1

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion Picture Quote #1

There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that. Has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe Picture Quote #1

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history Picture Quote #1

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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest Picture Quote #1

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history Picture Quote #1

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars Picture Quote #1

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire Picture Quote #1

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular Picture Quote #1

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself Picture Quote #1

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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do Picture Quote #1

I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history Picture Quote #1

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history Picture Quote #1

When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble Picture Quote #1

I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world. When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts Picture Quote #1

And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history Picture Quote #1

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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird Picture Quote #1

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed up human beings Picture Quote #1

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss Picture Quote #1

The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it Picture Quote #1

History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? Picture Quote #1

The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point Picture Quote #1

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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion (History Quotes) If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility (History Quotes) The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death (History Quotes) I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book. And I began putting more work into environmental history (History Quotes) The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves (History Quotes) The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa (History Quotes) We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists. To understand how those evil things came about (History Quotes) Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time (History Quotes) There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world (History Quotes) We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion (History Quotes) There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that. Has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe (History Quotes) A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history (History Quotes) Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest (History Quotes) The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history (History Quotes) Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars (History Quotes) Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire (History Quotes) Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular (History Quotes) For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself (History Quotes) It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do (History Quotes) I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history (History Quotes) The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history (History Quotes) When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble (History Quotes) I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world. When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts (History Quotes) And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history (History Quotes) History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird (History Quotes) Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed up human beings (History Quotes) In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss (History Quotes) The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it (History Quotes) History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? (History Quotes) The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point (History Quotes)

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