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" Peru was the Incas; it has 3,000 to 4,000 years of history. "
Nobu Matsuhisa
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" A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. "
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" We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. "
Yvette Clarke
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" Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. "
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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" The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including whether they have a history. But because of the rarity of blue boron diamonds, they often fetch more money than gems of similar quality. "
Sam Kean
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" Enshrined in a language is the whole of a community's history and a large part of its cultural identity. The world is a mosaic of visions. To lose even one piece of this mosaic is a loss for all of us. "
David Crystal
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" Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. "
Mahatma Gandhi
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" The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history. "
Kim Il-sung
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" One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. "
William O. Douglas
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" If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America. "
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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" 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. "
Issa Rae
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" If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind. "
Harri Holkeri
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" A different spice is the most interesting thing to me. "
Nobu Matsuhisa
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" My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to own land. But, I was worried about my history being caked with that southern clay, and I subscribed to a different kind of teaching and learning in my bones and in my spirit. "
John Henrik Clarke
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" Never doubt that you can change history. You already have. "
Marge Piercy
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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. "
Michael Specter
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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. "
Neil deGrasse Tyson
You
Black
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" Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind. "
Noah Feldman
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" History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. "
Will Durant
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" Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it. "
Spike Lee
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" History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. "
B. C. Forbes
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" Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. "
C. S. Lewis
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" The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed by the Egyptians, the Romans, China. We're obviously in a very upward cycle right now, and hopefully that remains the case. But it may not. "
Elon Musk
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" The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed. "
Robert Trout
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" We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history. "
Edward Bond
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" Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play. "
Al Gore
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" The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. "
Joseph Brodsky
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" The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought. "
Henry Waxman
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" At a time when Europeans already had a long history of violent contact with Native people, Lewis and Clark made most of their journey in peace. "
Joseph Bruchac
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" When I'm home in L.A., I go to La Brea, a bakery which does artisan breads, excellent sourdoughs primarily, but also patisserie and cakes. "
Nobu Matsuhisa
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" We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. "
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