3631 History Quotes for You to Enjoy

There's never been a culture without poetry in the history of the world. Edward Hirsch

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Basically everything I've done in art, I was in possession of when I was 20 years old. I use a waste retrieval method of working. I'll go back and use something that disgusted me 15 years ago but that I had enough sense to think about. Some artists change dramatically. I see my work more like history being written. Edward Ruscha

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Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history. Edward Rutherfurd

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A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves. Edward Sapir

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Perhaps I am naive, but I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing more than policy documents. Edward Snowden

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It's hard not to want to become Ken Burns at times. I'm interested in being a Ken Burns who reaches that 17-year-old who goes to the multiplex just to see a good story well-told. And if there's history in it, all the better. Edward Zwick

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And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history. Edwin Starr

Myself Me History Kind Some Longevity Gotta Any Order Personally

History never repeats itself in the same way. Ehud Barak

History Way Never Repeats Itself Same

Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing the horrors of modern warfare on their own soil during World War II. Eisaku Sato

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The beauty about history is that it's open to perception. Ekta Kapoor

History Perception Beauty About Open

I played softball at George Washington University, and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the U.S. Olympic Team, but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad. Elana Meyers

History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. Eldridge Cleaver

History Scarlet Could Jot Red Pass Text Blood Human Title

If privacy ends where hypocrisy begins, Kitty Kelley's steamy expose is a contribution to contemporary history. Eleanor Clift

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There is no reason to repeat bad history. Eleanor Holmes Norton

History Bad No Reason Repeat Reason

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history. Elie Wiesel

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The approach of 'Game of Thrones' is similar to 'The Lord of the Rings' in that it treats its source material almost like history, and it focuses as much on the human drama as it does on anything fantastical. Elijah Wood

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A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history. Eliot Spitzer

Politics History Year Though Than Eternity Less Moment

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history. Elizabeth Edwards

Good History Own Our Furniture Seemed My Own Having Bought Idea Like House Also Personal Store Washington Played Good Idea

In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers. Elizabeth Esty

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In the history of medicine, it is not always the great scientist or the learned doctor who goes forward to discover new fields, new avenues, new ideas. Elizabeth Kenny

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I think it's important to recognise that 'The Da Vinci Code' opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested in historical detective stories and research into history. Elizabeth Kostova

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No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book. Ellen Glasgow

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