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title: "19 History Things Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 19 History Things quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best History Things sayings and thoughts."
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> [We have a history when things are really horrible of wading in when no one else will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/we-have-a-history-when-things-are-really-horrible-of-wading-in-when/)

[Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/)

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> [One of the basic lessons of history is that things can be different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/one-of-the-basic-lessons-of-history-is-that-things-can-be-different/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

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> [The expression if history in things is no other than that of past torment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-adorno/the-expression-if-history-in-things-is-no-other-than-that-of-past/)

[Theodor Adorno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-adorno/)

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> [“I loved learning about the history of things”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gates-gill/i-loved-learning-about-the-history-of-things/)

[Michael Gates Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gates-gill/)

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> [Any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth-could-reveal-the-history-of/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [“My history is the history of things imagined and not-happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-pink/my-history-is-the-history-of-things-imagined-and-not-happened/)

[Sam Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-pink/)

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> [The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/the-history-of-things-that-didn-t-happen-has-never-been-written/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [“People have lost their history, the what and how and why of things. They know so little of the places where they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/people-have-lost-their-history-the-what-and-how-and-why-of-things/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

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> [Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/out-of-coltrane-s-whole-history-there-are-things-which-i-think-are/)

[Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/)

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> [“Environmental history is, among other things, a lengthy account of human beings over and over imagining their way into a serious pickle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-west/environmental-history-is-among-other-things-a-lengthy-account-of/)

[Elliott West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-west/)

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> [I can remember my father gave me a huge history of football for my 12th birthday - I used to read that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-can-remember-my-father-gave-me-a-huge-history-of-football-for-my/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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> [The stories of accomplishments, achievements, challenges, problems, issues, concerns pass down through history, and those are things you take with you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-johnson-rice/the-stories-of-accomplishments-achievements-challenges-problems/)

[Linda Johnson Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-johnson-rice/)

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> [I'd done a lot of research in Hollywood and in academia. I love research and so I wanted to kind of ground…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/i-d-done-a-lot-of-research-in-hollywood-and-in-academia-i-love/)

[Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/)

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> [You can't change history. These things happened the way they did. What you can change is how you look at it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-lee-shetterly/you-can-t-change-history-these-things-happened-the-way-they-did-what/)

[Margot Lee Shetterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-lee-shetterly/)

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> [I had many different assignments and I was doing things that I thought were important... no, I didn't either: I didn't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-buckles/i-had-many-different-assignments-and-i-was-doing-things-that-i/)

[Frank Buckles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-buckles/)

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> [If you think about how broadcast mini-series approach historical events, there is a hagiography. There has been a soft, very glossy idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-landgraf/if-you-think-about-how-broadcast-mini-series-approach-historical/)

[John Landgraf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-landgraf/)

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> [As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/as-an-african-american-as-a-woman-i-think-that-i-ve-been-sensitized/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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> [“Let that be a reminder to you that the past is one thing, but what we make of it, the conclusions we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/let-that-be-a-reminder-to-you-that-the-past-is-one-thing-but-what-we/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/yann-martel-395_history_let-that-be-a-reminder-to-you-that-the-p_1474621.jpg)

> [“He knew that any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things. One could open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/he-knew-that-any-given-thing-on-the-face-of-the-earth-could-reveal/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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