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title: "6 History Subject Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [ “How would it be," she asked them coldly as they left the classroom \[Prof Binns, History subject\], "if I refused to lend… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/how-would-it-be-she-asked-them-coldly-as-they-left-the-classroom-prof/)

[J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/)

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> [For me, writing a historical novel was really hard. I love history as a subject and majored in it in college. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/min-jin-lee/for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-really-hard-i-love-history-as-a/)

[Min Jin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/min-jin-lee/)

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> [“History is subject to geology.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-durant/history-is-subject-to-geology/)

[Ariel Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-durant/)

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> [Politicians have been downplaying the importance of history as a subject in our schools but, if they had bothered to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/politicians-have-been-downplaying-the-importance-of-history-as-a/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

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> [History was the subject that didn't seem like work. It was enjoyable. That's why I was drawn to doing it really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-worsley/history-was-the-subject-that-didn-t-seem-like-work-it-was-enjoyable/)

[Lucy Worsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-worsley/)

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> [History was always the subject that I loved the most, and I felt it gave me the deepest sense of our humanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-bacha/history-was-always-the-subject-that-i-loved-the-most-and-i-felt-it/)

[Julia Bacha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-bacha/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/julia-bacha-37264_always_history-was-always-the-subject-that-i-lo_2233623.png)

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