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• I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Thinking, President

  "Full transcript of BBC interview with President Barack Obama". Interview with Jon Sopel, www.bbc.com. July 24, 2015.

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• I always emphasize the historic role of people of color in organizing and protesting to achieve justice.

  Howard Zinn

  Color, People, Justice

  Source: facpub.stjohns.edu

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• I think that if I have a chance to go back, why not just go back all the way in history to the times of the pyramids or the Roman days? I think there are so many great historic times until now that I would like to get a little peek of those periods, rather than just 1984. Why limit yourself?

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Thinking, Pyramids, Way

  Source: guff.com

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• It is propaganda that people, who had lived a full life of heterosexuality, were married and had children, were denying their real sexuality all that time. There is historic evidence that entire populations can convert to homosexuality under certain conditions.

  Ali Sina

  Children, Real, People

  Source: myislam.dk

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• I like both movies and TV, for different reasons. Films are amazing. It's so historic and exciting. Television, for me, is great because I love to act, every day. I love to learn, and I love to be able to just do what I love. It's when I'm at my best. So, I love TV for that reason because it's every day.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Different, Television, Able

  "Jennifer Love Hewitt Talks the Client List, Using Social Media, and Directing the Season Finale". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 4, 2012.

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• Theory and knowledge remain suspect, not because of inherent worthlessness, but because of their historic isolation from action. Without theoretical orientation, however, action is vulnerable to oversimplified and glib imitativeness-even mimicry-and to the use of the gimmick.

  Erving Polster

  Gimmicks, Mimicry, Use

  Erving Polster, Miriam Polster (1973). “Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice”

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• July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill, which gave notice to the world that they proposed to establish an independent nation on the theory that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Independent, Men, Pursuit Of Happiness

  "Equal Rights". Speech by Calvin Coolidge, en.wikisource.org. 1920.

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• We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us. We should seize that chance.

  Barack Obama

  Opportunity, Iran, Community

  Statement by the President on the Framework to Prevent Iran from Obtaining a Nuclear Weapon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 2, 2015.

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• My ambition for station was always easily controlled. If the place came to me it was welcome. But it never seemed to me worth seeking at the cost of self-respect, or independence. My family were not historic; they were well-to-do, did not hold or seek office. It was easy for me to be contented in private life. An honor was no honor to me, if obtained by my own seeking.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Ambition, Self, Office

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• In the mystic traditions of the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit. Whatever religion they may profess, they are spiritual kinsmen. While the different religions in their historic forms bind us to limited groups and militate against the development of loyalty to the world community, the mystics have already stood for the fellowship of humanity in harmony with the spirit of the mystics of ages gone by.

  Haile Selassie

  Loyalty, Spiritual, Community

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• Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.

  Joseph Hertz

  Fall, Belief, Revelations

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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• A time of historic change is no time for recklessness.

  George H. W. Bush

  Recklessness

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• To those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual,or transgender-let me say- you are not alone. You're struggle, for the end to violence and discrimination, is a shared struggle. Today, I stand with you. And I call upon all countries and people, to stand with you too.A historic shift is underway. We must tackle the violence, decriminalize consensual same sex relationships and end discrimination. We must educate the public. I call on this council and people of conscience to make this happen.The time has come.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Country, Sex, Struggle

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• We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic.

  Michele Bachmann

  Land, President, United States

  Western Debate in Las Vegas, www.thepoliticalguide.com. October 18, 2011.

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• Sometimes, because of its immediacy, television produces a kind of electronic parable. Berlin, for instance, on the day the Wall was opened. Rostropovich was playing his cello by the Wall that no longer cast a shadow, and a million East Berliners were thronging to the West to shop with an allowance given them by West German banks! At that moment the whole world saw how materialism had lost its awesome historic power and become a shopping list.

  John Berger

  Wall, Shopping, Shadow

  John Berger (2008). “Selected Essays of John Berger”, p.896, Vintage

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• We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration.

  Romano Prodi

  Constitution, Building, Process

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• Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship - a great story!

  James MacGregor Burns

  Dog, Hot, Stories

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• If anyone thinks that Jews can steal into the land of their fathers, he is deceiving either himself or others. Nowhere is the coming of Jews so promptly noted as in the historic home of the Jews, for the very reason that it is the historic home.

  Theodor Herzl

  Father, Home, Thinking

  Theodor Herzl, Ludwig Lewisohn (1955). “Theodor Herzl: a portrait for this age”

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• I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world.

  Theodor Herzl

  Mistake, People, Ambitious

  Theodor Herzl (2015). “A Jewish State: Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish question”, p.56, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in continuing to liberate our way of thinking, carry on reform and opening, further unleash and develop the productive forces, work hard to resolve the difficulties the people face in both work and life, and steadfastly take the road of prosperity for all.

  Xi Jinping

  Work, Party, Responsibility

  "Eyes on China's direction under new leadership". Interview with Stephen McDonell, www.abc.net.au. November 15, 2012.

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• Prophecy and history predict and record a great and universal apostasy which was to be followed by a restoration as predicted by John in Revelation. The fact of the great apostasy is attested by both sacred and secular writ, and history bears witness that it became universal. We proclaim this fact of history not as an attack on any church. We do not assume any position of "holier than thou" or "wiser than thou," but we announce this historic fact of the apostasy as a vindication of the claim that there has been in fact a restoration of the gospel.

  Hugh B. Brown

  Historical, Church, Restoration

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• On the road, they join the bedraggled remnants of a column of exhausted Confederate soldiers evacuating burning Atlanta. Rhett makes her take note of the scene: "Take a good look, my dear. It's a historic moment. You can tell your grandchildren how you watched the Old South disappear one night."

  Vivien Leigh

  Grandchildren, Night, Atlanta

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• Once again, we are thrilled to be hosting this amazing gathering for LGBT families from across the country. Our families are an important part of the LGBT civil rights battle and they are on the frontlines of educating Americans about the reality of our lives. It is important to give parents and their children a safe place to gather, an opportunity to re-energize and access to the tools we need to create a more just society. I invite everyone who cares about equality for all families to be a part of this historic week.

  Jennifer Chrisler

  Country, Children, Opportunity

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• For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each other's side.

  Ronald Reagan

  Israel, America, People

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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