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" It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. "
Gertrude Stein
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" When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. "
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" The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier. "
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" Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible. "
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" Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. "
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" A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. "
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" Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal. "
Gertrude Stein
" Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.' "
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" Throughout our history, Canada's immigration policy has brought people here who had a pathway to citizenship. They were - and are - nation builders. It has been supported by political parties of all stripes and promoted by successive governments over generations. "
Justin Trudeau
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" All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds. "
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" There's not another lip-synch song on the planet, in the history of lip-synching songs, that has been lip-synched more than 'I Will Survive.' "
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" Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest. "
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" The history of the kingdom of God is, directly, one of a reunion. The total divine milieu is formed by the incorporation of every elected spirit in Jesus Christ. "
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" I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop. "
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" If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. "
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" It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do. "
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" So the history of discovery, particularly cosmic discovery, but discovery in general, scientific discovery, is one where at any given moment, there's a frontier. And there tends to be an urge for people, especially religious people, to assert that across that boundary, into the unknown, lies the handiwork of God. This shows up a lot. "
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" If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. "
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" A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. "
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" From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned. "
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" Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. "
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" The history of agriculture is the history of humans breeding seeds and animals to produce traits we want in our crops and livestock. "
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" One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy. "
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" Human history in essence is the history of ideas. "
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" The problem is that my generation was pacified into believing that racism existed only in our history books. "
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" If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different. "
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" For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. "
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" The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force. "
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" A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork. "
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