Great History Quotes - Page 2

• John Lewis has great history as a civil rights fighter.As a young man, he was one of the guys out there who was leading the parades during the [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] era. So, we all respect his history. But then I hear him crying the blues about Mr. [Donald] Trump and saying he's an illegitimate president, I take offense to that. If it's illegitimate, why is he going on?

  Jim Brown

  Kings, Men, Rights

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people.

  Nas

  Men, Thinking, People

  Source: www.hypemagazine.co.za

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• I am proud of Hillary Clinton because she has been and is a great history maker - in everything she has done.

  Tim Kaine

  Done, Proud, Clinton

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Jobs, College, Numbers

  " Lou Dobbs Tonight", www.cnn.com. March 8, 2005.

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• As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.

  Cory Booker

  Community, Movement, Progressive

  "A Great American Tradition: Community Organizing" by Cory Booker, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 10, 2008.

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• It's amazing to be a Puerto Rican fighter, we have a great history of fighters. I say this all the time, 'I'm Puerto Rican, raised in Philadelphia so I got the best of both worlds. I got the Puerto Rican power and the Philly toughness. It comes a long way.

  Danny Garcia

  Philadelphia, Long, World

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• I was listening to a lot of Norwegian black metal and death metal. There's a great history to Norwegian black metal. That music is very dark and violent, but it's also beautiful.

  Brie Larson

  Beautiful, Dark, Black

  "Brie Larson Talks SHORT TERM 12, Rupert Wyatt’s THE GAMBLER, Receiving the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuosos Award, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2014.

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• I think what's surprised me most about the club is to feel that wherever you go, even when you go on holiday to a quiet place, you always find Man Utd supporters. It's something that you do not expect in some countries, yet we have them all around the world. Manchester United is a special and unique club because of its history. No-one has won as many trophies as we have in the English league. That history is something that you cannot buy. I think this club has a lot of great history and I feel very proud to be part of it.

  Juan Mata

  Country, Holiday, Unique

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• In the preface to his great History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher wrote: "Men wiser than and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot, a rhythm, a predetermined pattern. These harmonies are concealed from me. I can see only one emergency following upon another as wave follows upon wave ..." It seems to me that the same is true of the much older [geological stratigraphical] history of Europe.

  D. V. Ager

  Wisdom, Science, Men

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• We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Golf, Years, Games

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• Well, let's see. There's-of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but...

  Sarah Palin

  Stupid, Believe, America

  "Palin, Biden Trade Views On Abortion". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism.

  Justin Sane

  Fighting, Rocks, Racism

  "Anti-Flag to incite May Day masses" by Mark Brown, April 28, 2006.

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• Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church's year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart's memory so that it can discern the star of hope.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Stars, Memories, Children

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• I love Chicago. It's such a great town, and it's got great culture and great history, and it's not as extreme as LA or New York, and it's just- it's hard for me for work, because I don't live and work in the same place and that's tough. But I'm- I love it.

  Joan Cusack

  New York, Chicago, Culture

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