Quotes with history-or

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  • Carrie P. Meek America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.
    Carrie P. Meek
    American politician (1926 - )
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  • Bill Flores America's history is exemplified in the efforts of the men and women who died for our country. The one thing that they all have in common is their selfless love for our nation and their courage to stand up to protect and defend it. They raised their gaze in the face of conflict, believed in what America could be, and pushed forward.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Gore Vidal American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Harold Rosenberg American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
    Harold Rosenberg
    American art criticus, writer (1906 - 1978)
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  • Bill Bryson And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food?
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Carter G. Woodson And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Cass Sunstein Antonin Scalia was witty, warm, funny, and full of life. He was not only one of the most important justices in the nation's history; he was also among the greatest.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bob Costas Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.
    Bob Costas
    American sportscaster (1952 - )
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  • Karl Marx 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.
    Karl Marx
    German economist and state philosopher (1818 - 1883)
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  • Susan Sontag Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Lady Morgan Architecture is the printing press of all ages, and gives a history of the state of the society in which it was erected.
    Lady Morgan
    Irish writer (born: Sydney Owenson) (1781 - 1859)
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Bill Haslam As somebody who thinks Tennessee history is important, I want to make certain that's still a part of the curriculum. I think that's critical for the people growing up in our school system.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Candice Millard As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
    Candice Millard
    American writer and journalist (1968 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Derek Wall At present cats have more purchasing power and influence than the poor of this planet. Accidents of geography and colonial history should no longer determine who gets the fish.
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  • Bill Haslam At the end of the day, I'm certainly hopeful they can leave some time to focus on Tennessee history. But we understand the struggle when it comes to curriculum time and what you just physically don't have time for.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Will Durant Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • Bill Wyman Because of the fashion, the young people don't have any access to the history of music, unless people like me revive it. There are very few people to revive it, because you can't earn any money doing it.
    Bill Wyman
    English musician, record producer and songwriter (1936 - )
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