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[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

by Adm James Stockdale Found in: History Quotes,
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions read more

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

by Margaret Thatcher Found in: History Quotes,
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History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

by Arnold J. Toynbee Found in: History Quotes,
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The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

by Jessamyn West Found in: History Quotes,
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I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of read more

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.

by Theodore H. White Found in: History Quotes,
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

by Woodrow Wilson Found in: History Quotes,
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Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: History Quotes,
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History is the devil's scripture.

History is the devil's scripture.

by Lord Byron Found in: History Quotes,
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The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.

by Cicero Found in: History Quotes,
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Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great read more

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

by William Manchester Found in: History Quotes,
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