Ambrose Bierce's Quote - Historian. A broad — gauge gossip.

Part of what I loved – and love – about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. Im interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. Im interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. – Jon Meacham

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History

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. Thats what natural history programmes should be for. – David Attenborough

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History

The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually dont, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened… and it happened because of a beautiful idea. – Genevieve Gorder

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History

The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country

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History

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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some dont turn up at all. – Sam Ewing

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work

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Freedom

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society. – Clara Zetkin

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Society

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike. – Helmut Jahn

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architecture