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" Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. "

Louis D. Brandeis

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Honore de Balzac

" I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me. "

" The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. "

" If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. "

" I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as a subject. But once I had a little exposure to it, I said, 'Hey, here's the key. Here's the key to understanding life and all its forms.' "

" Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. "

" In the entire history of the human species, every tool we've invented has been to expand muscle power. All except one. The integrated circuit, the computer. That lets us use our brain power. "

" The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. "

Arthur C. Clarke

" Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land. "

" Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. "

Barbara Tuchman

" Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

" You have to look at history as an evolution of society. "

" 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. "

" Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history. "

" The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. "

Arthur Koestler

" It takes a willful disregard of history to appreciate how white Southerners could look at the Confederate battle flag and see states' rights or a way of life or a tradition - and not one human being whipping another, which was a common occurrence. "

" Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. "

" There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history. "

Wilma Mankiller

" The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. "

Bertrand Russell

" The people who have impacted the world didn't live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world were not old people, but they lived so effectively that we cannot erase them from history. "

" History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that. "

" Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. "

" A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. "

John Maynard Keynes

" The history of liberty is a history of resistance. "

" Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart. "

" Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. "

" I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the astronauts. I believe that their names will remain as the bright sparkling stars in the universe and will light the way for those who will follow them on the difficult roads of space exploration. "

Valentina Tereshkova

" Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music. "

" Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history. "

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

" We're not going to let anything get in our way of hitting our milestones and making history and showing the world that Hyperloop works. "

Shervin Pishevar