"History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again."

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"Take up the white man's burden - Send forth the best ye breed - Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

History, Responsibility, Colonialism, Obligation

"History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of "history it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time-and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

History, Reflection, Understanding, Mystery

"History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

History, People, Events, Lies

"Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day."

Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat

History, Country, Day, Debate

"The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

History, America

"Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

History, People, Idea

"Dr. Rex Curry, the professor and attorney from Florida, has debated and largely proven the unavoidable evidence that Hitler's National Socialism was significantly influenced by Bellamy's 'nationalistic' form of 'socialism.' Curry is famous for making the claim that Hitler adopted the 'stiff-arm salute' from Francis and Edward Bellamy."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

History, Ideology, Influence, Politics

"Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror."

Horace, Roman Poet

History, Power, Culture, Influence

"What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

History, Superiority, Civilization, Man

"But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy."

Bernhard von Bulow, German Statesman

History, Life, Development, Fight

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"Take up the white man's burden - Send forth the best ye breed - Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need."

"History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there."

"Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day."

"The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America."

"Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."

"Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror."

"What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority."

"But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy."

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"But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult."

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"I think everything depends on money."

"The moon is very rugged."

"I feel like there's too many paintings left unpainted that I just don't want to take the time away."

"It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon."

"I found I have to stay painting."

"One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair."