As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“black peoples have no historic pasts. Never having evolved civilizations of their own, they are practically devoid of that accumulated mass of… — T. Lothrop Stoddard Copy Share Image
We've not been assigned to hang out until He returns ”we've been given a message and a power that completely revolutionizes life.… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
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“Motherless mothers with a history of caretaking experience, usually for sick mothers or younger siblings when they were still children themselves, said… — Hope Edelman Copy Share Image
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Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
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Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At least there's nothing scary about him and hopefully he doesn't see anything scary in me. We go way back, to summer… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
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We turn, three men bound by love, by history, by circumstance, and most certainly by the awful grace of God, and together… — William Kent Krueger Copy Share Image
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I actually went to the first game in Saints history. We were living in New Orleans at the time. I was eight.… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
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Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved… — George Nethercutt Copy Share Image
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The quarrel of the sociologists with the historians is that the latter have learned so much about how to do it that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We live in a gender-biased world. I know we have a lot. But I do know that this history we're making, when… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
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