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• Every championship, by definition, is historic.

  George Vecsey

  Definitions, Championship

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• There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.

  Susan Rice

  Reality, Russia, Ukraine

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. February 23, 2014.

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• Buffalo is one of America's great designed cities. The interweaving of great architecture, landscape architecture and important historic sites makes Buffalo a must see destination for preservationists, designers, history buffs, and anyone wishing to see an inspiring example of American design.

  Richard Moe

  Cities, America, Design

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• The drug lord is on the run. His name is El Chapo. Donald Trump is in a Twitter feud with this Mexican drug lord. It's historic - the first time Americans have ever sided with a Mexican drug lord.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, Names, Mexican

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• A time of historic change is no time for recklessness.

  George H. W. Bush

  Recklessness

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• Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.

  Joseph Hertz

  Fall, Belief, Revelations

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”

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• In the mystic traditions of the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit. Whatever religion they may profess, they are spiritual kinsmen. While the different religions in their historic forms bind us to limited groups and militate against the development of loyalty to the world community, the mystics have already stood for the fellowship of humanity in harmony with the spirit of the mystics of ages gone by.

  Haile Selassie

  Loyalty, Spiritual, Community

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• My ambition for station was always easily controlled. If the place came to me it was welcome. But it never seemed to me worth seeking at the cost of self-respect, or independence. My family were not historic; they were well-to-do, did not hold or seek office. It was easy for me to be contented in private life. An honor was no honor to me, if obtained by my own seeking.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Ambition, Self, Office

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• We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us. We should seize that chance.

  Barack Obama

  Opportunity, Iran, Community

  Statement by the President on the Framework to Prevent Iran from Obtaining a Nuclear Weapon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 2, 2015.

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• July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill, which gave notice to the world that they proposed to establish an independent nation on the theory that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Independent, Men, Pursuit Of Happiness

  "Equal Rights". Speech by Calvin Coolidge, en.wikisource.org. 1920.

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• Theory and knowledge remain suspect, not because of inherent worthlessness, but because of their historic isolation from action. Without theoretical orientation, however, action is vulnerable to oversimplified and glib imitativeness-even mimicry-and to the use of the gimmick.

  Erving Polster

  Gimmicks, Mimicry, Use

  Erving Polster, Miriam Polster (1973). “Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice”

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• I like both movies and TV, for different reasons. Films are amazing. It's so historic and exciting. Television, for me, is great because I love to act, every day. I love to learn, and I love to be able to just do what I love. It's when I'm at my best. So, I love TV for that reason because it's every day.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Different, Television, Able

  "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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• It is propaganda that people, who had lived a full life of heterosexuality, were married and had children, were denying their real sexuality all that time. There is historic evidence that entire populations can convert to homosexuality under certain conditions.

  Ali Sina

  Children, Real, People

  Source: myislam.dk

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• I think that if I have a chance to go back, why not just go back all the way in history to the times of the pyramids or the Roman days? I think there are so many great historic times until now that I would like to get a little peek of those periods, rather than just 1984. Why limit yourself?

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Thinking, Pyramids, Way

  Source: guff.com

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• I always emphasize the historic role of people of color in organizing and protesting to achieve justice.

  Howard Zinn

  Color, People, Justice

  Source: facpub.stjohns.edu

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• I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Thinking, President

  "Full transcript of BBC interview with President Barack Obama". Interview with Jon Sopel, www.bbc.com. July 24, 2015.

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• I feel most assuredly that our Father in heaven is far more interested in a soul-one of his children-than it is possible for an earthly father to be in one of his children. His love for us is greater than can be the love of an earthly parent for his offspring.

  Joseph Fielding Smith

  Children, Father, Parent

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• Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Thug, Labour Movement, Political

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• The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Land, Agriculture

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.393, Penguin

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• There are those, on the one hand, who hope to achieve the social revolution through the State by preserving and even extending most of its powers to be used for the revolution. And there are those like ourselves who see the State, both in its present form, in its very essence, and in whatever guise it might appear, an obstacle to the social revolution, the greatest hindrance to the birth of a society based on equality and liberty, as well as the historic means designed to prevent this blossoming.

  Peter Kropotkin

  Mean, Hands, Essence

  Peter Kropotkin, George Woodcock (1993). “Fugitive writings”, Black Rose Books Ltd

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• Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.

  Evan Bayh

  America, Challenges, Energy

  "Why I'm Leaving the Senate" by Evan Bayh, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 21, 2010.

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• The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.

  Evan Bayh

  Country, America, Japan

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• I've never been very attached to genre labels and never set out intentionally to write historic fiction. Besides, what you consider historic depends on how far back your memory extends.

  Charles Frazier

  Memories, Writing, Labels

  "Week three: Charles Frazier on writing Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

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• And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels of despair that deepen social conflict the escalation of paranoia produces levels of distrust that reinforce cultural division. Rae is the most explosive issue in American life precisely because it forces us to confront the tragic facts of poverty and paranoia despair, and distrust. In short, a candid examination of race matters takes us to the core of the crisis of American democracy (p. 107).

  Cornel West

  Reality, Persistence, Two

  Cornel West (2017). “Race Matters: With a New Introduction”, p.107, Beacon Press

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• Chairman Priebus set out on an early and historic political outreach plan which called for investing resources early to build the RNC network well before Election Day. And although the elections are still eight months away, all indications are that the money has been well spent. Our message is getting out to the Hispanic, Asian and African American communities. If we can continue to implement this plan, we will be able to save the country from further policy damages at the hand of President Obama and the Democrats.

  Matt Schlapp

  Country, Opportunity, Eight

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