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I always wanted to write a history of Jerusalem.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about history and…

— Saul David

I wanted to write history rather than participate in it.

— Samir Nasri

Those in power write the history while those who suffer write the songs.

— Frank Harte

I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible identity-based misfortune.…

— Camille Perri

I should write a book. I've always wanted to write a book. I should write a book about kids who see dead people.

— George Noory

Great steps in human progress are made by things that don't work the way philosophy thought they should. If things always worked the way…

— Charles Kettering

I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself.

— Winston Churchill

“You are the author of your own destiny; write yourself into history books.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded…

— Karen White

Never make enemies of anyone younger or healthier than you are. They write your history.

— Jacob M. Appel

If we do not, as historians, write the history of great events as well as the small stories that make up the past, others…

— Margaret MacMillan

Intellectuals (in the standard sense of the term, not [ Edward] Said's prescriptive sense) are the people who write history.

— Noam Chomsky

I cannot understand why some people try to write a history of photography that is separated from the history of modern art.

— Jean-Francois Chevrier

Who will dare to write a history of human goodness?

— Will Durant