Read quote“I think, you know, one of the interesting things about history is it doesn't seem to teach us anything.”
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About History
The past, historical memory, and how societies interpret change over time.
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Words on History
Read quote“You can access histories in a different way.”
Read quote“We built the station because of his (Raila’s) father.”
Read quote“We are not passive observers of our history. We are its authors.”
Read quote““Magnificent, Magnificent! Magnificent ancient people, magnificent Chinese cinema, and magnificent new views of Chinese ancient costume films!””
Read quote“This, and whatsoever I myself observed, after attaining years of discretion, for thirty or forty years, I laid up in the strong box (of my memory), and that I have written.”
Read quote“Reconciliation has been, I think, a very effective way to bring most Australians to an understanding of Australia's past.”
Read quote“There had been no sculptor in my country for seventeen hundred years and the images that appeared among the ruins and sands at the edge of the desert were considered accursed, evil — no one should go near.”
Read quote““Now we should talk about our history, make films about the human condition, the everyday drama of people, and I think, sophisticated comedies, good comedies.””
Read quote“I think the history of race is deeply embedded in the DNA of our country.”
Read quote“I don't know why I film but I am inhabited by a whole people and I must bear witness to my epoch.”
Read quote“Ang panitikan ay mga kathang makasining, taglay ang mataas na uri, na naglalarawan ng buhay, kaugalian, mga karanasan at kalagayan ng bayan o sosyedad sa isang kapanahunan.”
Read quote“Those matches at the 1957 Africa Cup of Nations were unforgettable.”
Read quote“The Caribbean is part of the frontier of the transformation of societies everywhere, but we suffer from the Columbus Syndrome.”
Read quote“There is no room yet, therefore, for factual and objective analysis of the recent past and of the responsibility in general for the suffering caused to the neighboring countries and to the Serbian people itself.”
Read quote“I hope the foundation, not the fall, of an empire will be dated from it.”
Read quote“The future will depend on how we nurture our children. How we connect them to their history and sense of self.”
Read quote“One broad historical generalization stands out clearly and convincingly, of which all histories of world culture will do well to take note, viz. the central position of India in the Orient world.”
Read quote“It’s about examining the events of that particular day, and I believe it is being done in a brutally accurate way.”
Read quote“For a thousand years we have held the view that the fate and future of Hungary and Europe are indivisible.”