Personal History Quotes

36 Personal History quotes by 32 unique authors

Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's… — Anthony Bourdain
Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no… — Carlos Castaneda
I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all… — Katherine Anne Porter
It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people — Carlos Castaneda
I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded… — A. E. Housman
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons,… — Andrew Solomon
There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in. — Siri Hustvedt
Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself with. — Silvio Berlusconi
Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared to go before… — Lee Kuan Yew
There is a tendency for humans to consciously see what they wish to see. They literally have difficulty seeing things with negative connotations while seeing… — Lionel Tiger
My personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which I want to keep to myself. I am in… — B. Traven
The new approach to health care will feature the healing power of story. In the clear understanding that finding meaning in any life passage may… — Robert Moss
I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what… — Oprah Winfrey
Janice Gould is one of our best poets. The music of her poetry will delight you, and her gentle courageous accounts of tribal, family, and… — Leslie Marmon Silko
God is the Lord of human history and of the personal history of every member of His redeemed family. — Margaret Clarkson
Better than anything else in our culture, it enables fathers and sons to speak on a level playing field while building up from within a… — John Thorn
A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his… — B.F. Skinner
I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two… — K D Lang
Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music. — Dave Grohl
I'm also fascinated by the interplay between personal history and the larger forces that form the context for our lives. — Julie Salamon
I strive to view my students as unique human beings all of whom come to my classroom with a personal history, cultural perceptions and traditions,… — Joe Harris
A garden that one makes oneself becomes associated with one’s personal history and that of one’s friends, interwoven with one’s tastes, preferences and character and constitutes… — Alfred Austin
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running… — Charles Krauthammer
I think I now understand why it is that the young are so very nostalgic. They have so little by way of personal history that… — Will Self
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures… — Eckhart Tolle

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