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title: "11 Need History Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/i-think-that-we-need-history-as-much-as-we-need-bread-or-water-or-love/)

[David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/)

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> [People need their history like they need air and food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-robinson/people-need-their-history-like-they-need-air-and-food/)

[Randall Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-robinson/)

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> [“People wait until they have a need for some history and then they customize it to suit their purposes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/people-wait-until-they-have-a-need-for-some-history-and-then-they/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [Home is where I am. Sadly, I don't need a history to be able to exist somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-hunger/home-is-where-i-am-sadly-i-don-t-need-a-history-to-be-able-to-exist/)

[Sophie Hunger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-hunger/)

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> [We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/we-have-need-of-history-in-its-entirety-not-to-fall-back-into-it-but/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-price/there-s-a-need-to-keep-the-history-of-an-artform-going-parallel-with/)

[Hal Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-price/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/hal-price-66742_artist_there-s-a-need-to-keep-the-history-of-an_3127697.png)

> [“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/people-need-history-in-order-to-know-themselves-to-build-a-sense-of/)

[Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/)

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> [Men need history; it helps them to have an idea of who they are. But history, like sanctity, can reside in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/men-need-history-it-helps-them-to-have-an-idea-of-who-they-are-but/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

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> [We need history, not to tell us what happened or to explain the past, but to make the past alive so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-bloom/we-need-history-not-to-tell-us-what-happened-or-to-explain-the-past/)

[Allan Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-bloom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/allan-bloom-4105_alive_we-need-history-not-to-tell-us-what-happ_2109313.png)

> [We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson-2/we-should-emphasize-not-negro-history-but-the-negro-in-history-what/)

[Carter G Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson-2/)

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> [Home is where I am. Sadly, I don't need a history to be able to exist somewhere. When I was still very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-hunger/home-is-where-i-am-sadly-i-don-t-need-a-history-to-be-able-to-exist-2/)

[Sophie Hunger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-hunger/)

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