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«I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.»
«I am responsible only to God and history.»
Author: Francisco Franco (General) | About: God, History
«I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death»
«I have no history but the length of my bones»
Author: Robin Skelton | About: History | Keywords: bones, length
«I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.»
«I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a 'will to renewal'. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of 'crises', of rupture, re»
«I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.»
Author: Mark McGwire (Baseball Player) | About: History | Keywords: Big Thing, first base
«I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make»
«I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.»
«I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the past»