951 private quotes tagged history

“To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.” — Charles Babbage

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“I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all.” — Alan Shepard

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“America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.” — Georges Clemenceau

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“I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.” — Usain Bolt

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“With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.” — Walter Lang

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“I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat it's nice to have that family history.” — Rachel Bilson

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“God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.” — David Wilkerson

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“You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.” — Alan Shepard

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“The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.” — Vladimir Putin

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“I'm not sure history has ended.” — John Bolton

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“I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.” — Sidney Sheldon

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“If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.” — Dominic Monaghan

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“It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis.” — Michael Apted

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“If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.” — Bernard Baruch

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“I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.” — Mike Mills

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“To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters.” — Giuseppe Garibaldi

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“Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.” — Alphonse de Lamartine

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“There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.” — Garth Brooks

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“When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.” — Ma Jian

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“Life doesn't just happen it's constructed through the history of power. And that's something I am interested in and so is the art world: a world that's trying to engage socially, with a leftist slant, to work out how we got here.” — Mike Mills

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“In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.” — Bhumibol Adulyadej

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“I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.” — Danica Patrick

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“Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect.” — Emily Blunt

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“I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.” — Enya

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“From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.” — Jennifer Granholm

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