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"I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great."

"I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

History, People, Positive, American

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"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home."

"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home."

Michel Patini, French Footballer

History, Home, Play

28

"What they teach you as history is mythology, and true mythology is far from fantasy - every kind reveals true fragments of our real history. A bulk of our real history can be found in Egyptian and Greek mythology. Yes, myths reveal to us worlds of other dimensions that make up our true reality. History books teach us that the minds of the past operated on the same frequency, dimension, or level of consciousness as we do now. Not true at all."

"What they teach you as history is mythology, and true mythology is far from fantasy - every kind reveals true fragments of our real history. A bulk of our real history can be found in Egyptian and Greek mythology. Yes, myths reveal to us worlds of other dimensions that make up our true reality. History books teach us that the minds of the past operated on the same frequency, dimension, or level of consciousness as we do now. Not true at all."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

History, Mythology, Truth, Fantasy

28

"If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences."

"If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

History, Regret, Thought, Humanity

28

"I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history."

"I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

History, Movies, Rest

28

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

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

Voltaire, French Writer

History, Nothing

28

"Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?"

"Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?"

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

History, Blood, Books

28

"We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France we shall fight on the seas and oceans we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be we shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the landing grounds we shall fight in the fields and in the streets we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender."

"We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France we shall fight on the seas and oceans we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be we shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the landing grounds we shall fight in the fields and in the streets we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

History, Strength, War, Perseverance, Patriotism

28

"I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific."

"I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific."

Lion Feuchtwanger, German Novelist

History, Debate, Open, Writing

28

"History shows you don't know what the future brings."

"History shows you don't know what the future brings."

Rick Wagoner, American Businessman

History, Future

27

"History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit different people, shoved in a box under the sink of censorship to be cut up for the dusters of propaganda, yet it always - eventually - manages to spring back into its old familar shape. History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time."

"History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit different people, shoved in a box under the sink of censorship to be cut up for the dusters of propaganda, yet it always - eventually - manages to spring back into its old familar shape. History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

History, Truth, Change, Time

27

"The Delaware Estuary has sustained a human population for thousands of years, but by the end of the 19th Century, increased population and industrialization had transformed much of the upper Estuary watershed."

"The Delaware Estuary has sustained a human population for thousands of years, but by the end of the 19th Century, increased population and industrialization had transformed much of the upper Estuary watershed."

Jim Gerlach, American Politician

History, End, Population, Years

27

"As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives."

"As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives."

John G. D. Clark, American Archaeologist

27

"The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally."

"The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally."

Carroll Quigley, American Writer

History, People, Advice

27

"I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history."

"I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history."

Rick Renzi, American Politician

History, Nation

27

"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."

"There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know."

Harry S. Truman, American President

History, Nothing, World

27

"Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?"

"Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?"

Prince Charles, English Royalty

27

"We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery."

"We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery."

Todd Gitlin, American Sociologist

History, May, Vulnerability

27

"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"

"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

History, Men, Class, Fight

27

"Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission."

"Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission."

Lion Feuchtwanger, German Novelist

History, Answers

27

"All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost."

"All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and the good, are never lost."

James Martineau, English Philosopher

History, Past, World

27

"The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it."

"The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it."

Arthur C. Danto, American Critic

History, Reality

27

"They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion."

"They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

History, Opinion, Years

27

"As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history."

"As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history."

Kate Millett, American Activist

History, Women, Children

27

"On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two."

"On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

History, Day, July, Man, Party

27

"When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?"

"When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?"

Dick Wolf, American Producer

History, People, Advertising, Focus

27

"According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979."

"According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979."

Zbigniew Brzezinski, American Politician

History, Afghanistan, Army

27

"Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history."

"Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history."

Michael Scheuer, American Public Servant

History, Man, Sense

27

"Memoirs are the backstairs of history."

"Memoirs are the backstairs of history."

George Meredith, English Novelist

27

"Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness."

"Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

History, Greatness, Beginnings, Now, Rome

27

"There's so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up."

"There's so much history amongst ourselve that reminds us of something, and we start cracking up."

Nikki Sixx, American Musician

27

"In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other."

"In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other."

Karl Liebknecht, German Politician

History, Class, Expression, Opposites

27

"Happy is the nation without a history."

"Happy is the nation without a history."

Cesare Beccaria, Italian Criminologist

History, Nation

27

"A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all."

"A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all."

Allen Tate, American Poet

History, Morality, May

27

"I'm covering the worst president in American history."

"I'm covering the worst president in American history."

Helen Thomas, American Journalist

History, President

27

"The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present."

"The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present."

Ernest Dimnet, French Clergyman

History, Past, Present

27

"I got more mail than anybody on the history of The Today Show, but half of it was to get me off the air."

"I got more mail than anybody on the history of The Today Show, but half of it was to get me off the air."

Willard Scott, American Entertainer

History, Mail, Today

27

"History proves that the white man is a devil."

"History proves that the white man is a devil."

Malcolm X, American Activist

History, Truth, Race, Conflict

27

"Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."

"Sometimes history takes things into its own hands."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

27

"We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954."

"We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

History, Americans

27

"It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people."

"It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

History, People, Liberty

27

"Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don't know how much history young women today know about those battles."

"Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don't know how much history young women today know about those battles."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

History, Women, Appreciation, Country

27

"Brick and blood built Astapor, and brick and blood her people."

"Brick and blood built Astapor, and brick and blood her people."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

History, Construction, People, Strength

27

"The History of computers is amazing... people which tell the story are looking like they are having fun."

"The History of computers is amazing... people which tell the story are looking like they are having fun."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

History, Truth, Power, Wisdom

27

"In the early ages of the world, according to the scripture chronology, there were no kings; the consequence of which was there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion."

"In the early ages of the world, according to the scripture chronology, there were no kings; the consequence of which was there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

History, Pride, Conflict, Power

27

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

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

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

History, War, Man, Sound

27

"England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe."

"England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe."

Albert Bushnell Hart, American Historian

History, Engleurope, France

26

"We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States."

"We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

History, People, Chance, Office

26

"We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily."

"We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

History, Information, Mankind

26

"I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely."

"I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely."

John Hume, Irish Politician

History, Time, Books, Question

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