Historic Quotes - Page 12

• I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.

  Lily Allen

  Thinking, Diversity, London

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission.

  Michael A. Ledeen

  Order, Missions

  Michael A. Ledeen (2007). “The War Against the Terror Masters: Why It Happened. Where We Are Now. How We'll Win.”, p.213, Macmillan

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• It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Night, Progress, Marriage Equality

  Twitter post from Jun 25, 2011

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• I feel like Jonah Hill would be a good selfie, or Jennifer Lawrence. They'd be really good ones...Historic.

  Sarah Hyland

  Would Be, Hills, Feels

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• After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Law, Land

  "CNN Student News" with Carl Azuz, edition.cnn.com. March 24, 2010.

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• It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it!

  Robert Musil

  Believe, School, Errors

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• I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight, and when John Kennedy announced on the news that the men had landed safely on the moon, and how jealous I was of those men.

  Christa McAuliffe

  Jealous, Moon, Men

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• The United States is at a critical juncture in time. Our government is riddled with historic debt, and the limited resources of philanthropic and non-profit efforts cannot meet the scale of social challenges we face with necessary force.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Effort, Challenges

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• A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Limited Resources, Debt

  "Capitalism’s Seven Debtly Sins" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2011.

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• At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.

  Erica Jong

  Responsibility, Grandparent, Chinese

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• That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

  Aldous Huxley

  Learning, Health, Men

  Collected Essays (1959) "Case of Voluntary Ignorance"

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• Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Film, Exciting

  "Jennifer Love Hewitt Talks THE CLIENT LIST, Using Social Media, and Directing the Season Finale". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 4, 2012.

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• I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply opposed to the Taliban destroying the two historic buddhas which they blew up. So I think we ought to all oppose burning the Koran.

  Newt Gingrich

  Religious, Thinking, Should Have

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• We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.

  Al Franken

  Unique, Views, Immigration

  Interview with Chris Weigant, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2008.

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• I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

  Renee Fleming

  Talking, Video, Singers

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• Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

  Sandra Bullock

  New Orleans, Community, Connections

  "Sandra Bullock: The Undercover Activist". Interview with Skip Hollandsworth, www.glamour.com. September 30, 2006.

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• For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure.

  Cory Booker

  Bridges, Growth, Railroads

  Cory Booker's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment and the musket fires of an historic revolution.

  John Boehner

  Fire, Enlightenment, Revolution

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• For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.

  Conrad Black

  War, Destiny, Leader

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• Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

  Max Baucus

  Numbers, Legislation, Senators

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• I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.

  Fiona Apple

  Leaving, Mark, Bigs

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• It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.

  Bob Ehrlich

  Thoughtful, People, Citizens

  State of the State address, www.latimes.com.

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• At a time when our country is waging two wars, approval ratings for Congress are at historic lows, unemployment is at a 70-year high and financial institutions have collapsed around us, I can't imagine anyone seriously opposing a National Day of Prayer.

  Franklin Graham

  Country, Prayer, War

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• I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks

  Patty Duke

  House, Childhood, Fatherhood

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• In talking about the [Emmett Till murder trial], you have to repeat the atmosphere. This is Mississippi in 1955, with a long history of intimidation of witnesses and fear on the part of blacks to testify, in racial situations in particular. For someone like Mose Wright and others to testify against white defendants in a situation like this was historic.

  Charles Diggs

  Talking, White, Long

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