Historical Quotes
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History Quotes
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For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
Maya Angelou
Keywords: africa :: and :: arrived :: at :: been :: can :: exactly :: fact :: for :: glamorous :: going :: has :: he :: his :: historical :: how :: is :: it :: know :: knows :: man :: me :: more :: no :: place :: present :: than :: to :: truth :: unless :: whereSubject: Country QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
It`s a very good historical book about history.
Dan Quayle
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To me, adventure is a concept that applies only to those men and women of earlier historical times, like the medieval knights who traveled into the unknown. The concept has degenerated constantly since then... I absolutely loathe adventurers, and I partic...
Werner Herzog
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Well, yes. I believe that children`s souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations. It`s just that as they grow older and experience the everyday world that memory sinks lower and lower. I feel I need to make a film that reaches ...
Hayao Miyazaki
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I`m very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That`s my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it`s not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.
Denzel Washington
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I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.
Cary Elwes
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Pat knows the historical context of clothes, the periods of costumes and what century is what. But there are no rules with Pat when it comes to fashion. It`s liberating. [On working with fashion designer and costumer Patricia Field on "Sex and the City" (...
Sarah Parker
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Of the three that we`re planning, it`s a question of the order, one`s historical and two are science fiction. None are ocean. - [about his future projects]
James Cameron
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I cannot be mistaken - what I say and do is historical.
Adolf Hitler
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Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises.
Allen Holmes
Keywords: country :: crises :: defend :: great :: historical :: in :: should :: socialists :: their :: yesSource: brainyquote.com
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Why would you create a movie for black people if you don`t understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions.
Tim Reid
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Who authorised the spend of millions of pounds and thousands of man hours into a stale, historical situation from three decades ago - with virtually no complaints made?
Jonathan King
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administrat...
Barney Frank
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When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War.
Trevor Nunn
Keywords: about :: after :: at :: big :: commissioned :: documentary :: england :: event :: first :: general :: historical :: in :: make :: material :: musical :: next :: of :: on :: out :: stratford :: strike :: that :: the :: thing :: to :: trying :: very :: war :: was :: when :: which :: work :: worldSource: brainyquote.com
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What makes it special for me is the historical significance of standing on that stage and thinking of all the icons and pioneers that came before,
Steve Wariner
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Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.
Alain Senderens
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Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.
Monica Lewinsky
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We want to deal with this up front. The goal is to be able to frame the size of the matter. These are historical financials from prior management; it has nothing to do with the current business. We look forward to getting this behind us.
Stephen Richards
Keywords: able :: are :: be :: behind :: business :: current :: deal :: do :: financials :: forward :: frame :: from :: front :: getting :: goal :: has :: historical :: is :: it :: look :: management :: matter :: nothing :: of :: prior :: size :: the :: these :: this :: to :: up :: us :: want :: we :: withSource: thinkexist.com
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We want to deal with this up front, ... The goal is to be able to frame the size of the matter. These are historical financials from prior management; it has nothing to do with the current business. We look forward to getting this behind us.
Stephen Richards
Keywords: able :: are :: be :: behind :: business :: current :: deal :: do :: financials :: forward :: frame :: from :: front :: getting :: goal :: has :: historical :: is :: it :: look :: management :: matter :: nothing :: of :: prior :: size :: the :: these :: this :: to :: up :: us :: want :: we :: withSource: thinkexist.com
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We think of giving importance to history, but it is the individual who is interesting, and we want to give him a historical importance.
Raymond Queneau
Keywords: and :: but :: give :: giving :: him :: historical :: history :: importance :: individual :: interesting :: is :: it :: of :: the :: think :: to :: want :: weSource: brainyquote.com
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We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.
Raymond Queneau
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We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.
Raymond Queneau
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We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.
Amy Lambert
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Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.
George Crumb
Keywords: and :: contemporary :: culture :: due :: earlier :: extensions :: far :: geographical :: have :: historical :: in :: is :: music :: of :: our :: periods :: referred :: richer :: sense :: than :: the :: to :: unquestionably :: which :: worldSource: brainyquote.com
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Typically, an historic site is considered by the National Park Service to contain a single historical feature, while generally a National Historic Park extends beyond single properties or buildings.
Anabella Hedman
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To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and amb...
Kim Campbell
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To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has placed the fate of our people.
Alex Zwart
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Though she was always working on her historical thing.
Sandra Sanchez
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This case began as what we like to term a historical conspiracy involving mechanics down in Columbia as well as mechanics up here in Miami.
Barry Burns
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There is some historical value to this.
Averroes
