710 Quotes About Historical
- Author Ludwig von Mises
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History can tell us what happened in the past. But it cannot assert that it must happen again in the future.
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- Author Marissa Moss
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When I'm working on historical books, I'm much more organized. I usually read about 100 books to get the depth of knowledge I need.
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- Author Neal A. Maxwell
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It is one of the ironies of religious history that many mortals err in their understanding of the nature of God and end up rejecting not the real God but their own erroneous and stereotypical image of God. Frequently this is because they have thought of God solely in terms of thunderings at Sinai without pondering substance. . . .
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- Author Patricia McConnell
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My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but hookers and addicts.
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- Author Rob Meyer
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It's like seeing a historical weather map. You're in a space shuttle going back in time.
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- Author Susan Morris
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We had one on loan from the Maryland Historical Society, but they needed it back.
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- Author Terence McKenna
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History is rooted in the future
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- Author Theodor Mommsen
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History has a Nemesis for every sin.
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- Author Thomas Mallon
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I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from the period that you're writing about. There's a tendency to stoke up on a lot of biography and a lot of history, and not to actually get back to the original sources.
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