“My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.”
— David Soul
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“Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.”
— V. S. Naipaul
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“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.”
— Erica Jong
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“There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.”
— Pat Robertson
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“These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.”
— Michael N. Castle
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“The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.”
— Noam Chomsky
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“People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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“History is more or less bunk.”
— Henry Ford
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“No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.”
— Alfred North Whitehead
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“I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.”
— Ben Stein
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“Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.”
— Phyllis George
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Category: history
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