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I got expelled from high school, and then did my exams from home. I decided, through that experience, that I was going to expediate my plan and didn’t go to university. Instead, I went to a community college and studied the theory and history of film with the idea that I wanted to write and direct Picture Quote #1

Pick up a stone that feels good to you and is small enough to hold in one hand. Consider how long that stone has been around and what enormous pressure it has experienced. Draw strength from its long history Picture Quote #1

There is that great proverb - that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter Picture Quote #1

The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences, and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone Picture Quote #1

Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial Picture Quote #1

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole Picture Quote #1

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If you know from history the danger, then part of the danger is over because it may not take you by surprise as it did your ancestors Picture Quote #1

It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life Picture Quote #1

Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives Picture Quote #1

You have a one of a kind gift to offer this world, and you are unique in the entire history of creation Picture Quote #1

Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history Picture Quote #1

Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature Picture Quote #1

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If the government of this country tramples the faith and values of its citizens, history will hold those in power responsible for the violent convulsions that follow Picture Quote #1

I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak Picture Quote #1

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it Picture Quote #1

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life Picture Quote #1

Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history Picture Quote #1

To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was, that which is, and that which will be Picture Quote #1

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History is a great cemetery: men, deeds, ideas are always dying as soon as they are born Picture Quote #1

If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world Picture Quote #1

What has history to do with me? Mine is the first and only world! I want to report how I find the world. What others have told me about the world is a very small and incidental part of my experience. I have to judge the world, to measure things Picture Quote #1

If I were a headmaster, I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead and my pupils would study a subject that affected all of them Picture Quote #1

If there’s anything to learn from the history of movies, it’s that corruption leads to further corruption, not to innocence Picture Quote #1

Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius Picture Quote #1

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If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be Picture Quote #1

The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves Picture Quote #1

Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from the dictates of governments and the results of battles, but through vast numbers of people changing their minds, sometimes only a little bit Picture Quote #1

I started swimming when I was four because my brother wanted to join a swim team, and I wanted to do what he did. They said I had to be six, but if I could swim a lap, then I could participate. So I swam a lap, and the rest is history Picture Quote #1

Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive force needed for the modification of ideas supplied by genius Picture Quote #1

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better Picture Quote #1

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I got expelled from high school, and then did my exams from home. I decided, through that experience, that I was going to expediate my plan and didn’t go to university. Instead, I went to a community college and studied the theory and history of film with the idea that I wanted to write and direct (History Quotes) Pick up a stone that feels good to you and is small enough to hold in one hand. Consider how long that stone has been around and what enormous pressure it has experienced. Draw strength from its long history (History Quotes) There is that great proverb - that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter (History Quotes) The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences, and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone (History Quotes) Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial (History Quotes) In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole (History Quotes) If you know from history the danger, then part of the danger is over because it may not take you by surprise as it did your ancestors (History Quotes) It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life (History Quotes) Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives (History Quotes) You have a one of a kind gift to offer this world, and you are unique in the entire history of creation (History Quotes) Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history (History Quotes) Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature (History Quotes) If the government of this country tramples the faith and values of its citizens, history will hold those in power responsible for the violent convulsions that follow (History Quotes) I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak (History Quotes) Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it (History Quotes) We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life (History Quotes) Ignorance and arrogance are a lethal combination. Nowhere do we see that more clearly among writers and performers who pontificate as historians when they know nothing about history (History Quotes) To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was, that which is, and that which will be (History Quotes) History is a great cemetery: men, deeds, ideas are always dying as soon as they are born (History Quotes) If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world (History Quotes) What has history to do with me? Mine is the first and only world! I want to report how I find the world. What others have told me about the world is a very small and incidental part of my experience. I have to judge the world, to measure things (History Quotes) If I were a headmaster, I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead and my pupils would study a subject that affected all of them (History Quotes) If there’s anything to learn from the history of movies, it’s that corruption leads to further corruption, not to innocence (History Quotes) Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius (History Quotes) If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be (History Quotes) The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves (History Quotes) Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from the dictates of governments and the results of battles, but through vast numbers of people changing their minds, sometimes only a little bit (History Quotes) I started swimming when I was four because my brother wanted to join a swim team, and I wanted to do what he did. They said I had to be six, but if I could swim a lap, then I could participate. So I swam a lap, and the rest is history (History Quotes) Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive force needed for the modification of ideas supplied by genius (History Quotes) In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better (History Quotes)

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