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" My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history. "

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" Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history. "

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" The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate. "

" The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. "

" 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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" An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

" History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong. "

" Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. "

" 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. "

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" I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be. "

" History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity. "

" All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars. "

" The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history. "

" Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. "

" I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. "

" There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. "

" I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story. "

" History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. "

" Magna Carta only came into being in 1217, when the wording had been changed and parts of the original were extended in the Charter of the Forests. This complementary charter covered liberties granted to the common man, including rights to the commons, grazing, fishing, water, and firewood, and was perhaps the first ecological charter in history. "

" Time is my greatest enemy. "

" When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what other people have been able to accomplish - people that look like them, workers like them, ordinary people, working people - and we give them the list: these are people like yourself; this is what they were able to do in their community. "

" It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions. "

" Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books. "

" We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. "

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" If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species. "

" History should be written as philosophy. "

" The history of mankind is the history of ideas. "

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" A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests. "

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