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Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent… — Drew Barrymore
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. — John Adams
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of… — John Adams
I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things… — Clara Barton
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the… — Joe Barton
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace. — Bernard Baruch
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly,… — Charles A. Beard
Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. — Cecil Beaton
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. — Melody Beattie
I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to… — Tony Bennett
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable… — Henry Ward Beecher
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history. — Paul Begala
What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. — Brendan Behan
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the… — Alexander Graham Bell
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. — Hilaire Belloc
History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. — Konrad Adenauer
Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the… — Ruth Benedict
Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which… — Ezra Taft Benson
The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. — Ben Bernanke
Legend remains victorious in spite of history. — Sarah Bernhardt
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. — Yogi Berra
Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that… — Annie Besant
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of… — Annie Besant
Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see… — Annie Besant

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