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Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe. (Darby Bannard)
Art history is as an unfinished painting... a collaborative... we are each free to make our mark. (Bob Brendle)
History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right. (George H.W. Bush)
Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them. (George W. Bush)
-Civilization...
I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must still try to learn from history. History is ourselves. (Sir Kenneth Clark)
I had serious training of painting styles from different historical periods... But to have all this training is not enough to be an artist. You have to add a new page to history; otherwise you are not making a contribution. But making history is not easy. (Liu Dan)
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say. (Will Durant)
History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. (Will Durant)
I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed. (A.J. Jacobs)
Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood? (Carl Gustav Jung)
The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. (Friedrich Von Schlegel)
History is the complement of poetry. (James Stephens, author)
History is not another name for the past... It is the name for stories about the past. (Alan John Percivale Taylor)
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. (Mark Twain)
Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental. (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
History is herstory too. (Author unknown)
History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
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