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I became nervous because it was new to me. I had the experience of other tournaments, but I couldn’t control my nervousness. You can’t replay history. [on losing French Open final, 2004]
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Architecture is the printing-press of all ages, and gives a history of the state of the society in which it was erected, from the cromlech of the Druids to those toy-shops of royal bad taste
View quotes by Lady Morgan

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
View quotes by Carl Sagan

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious task, young man, and possibly a tragic one.
View quotes by Herman Hesse

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist. Look at Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice; or Elton John didn't write many of his lyrics, for instance.
View quotes by Mike Gordon

A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast.
View quotes by Peter Cooper

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.
View quotes by Emma Goldman

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things.
View quotes by Story Musgrave

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
View quotes by Harry S Truman

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles: its commercial values will be limited. [hmm, history would tend to suggest that it helped revolutionise the world, actually]
View quotes by Elisha Gray

It's history in the making and to be a part of it is probably the best day of my cricketing career. The club has put in a lot of hard work and we've a perfect blend of youngsters and good experienced players. [on Durham winning...something]
View quotes by Dale Benkenstein

We are entering a new era of our history and all Iraqis - whether they voted or not - should stand side by side to build their future.
View quotes by Iyad Allawi

For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
View quotes by Jimmy Carter

Reckless with our government;
reckless with his own future, position and place in history. [on Tony Blair]
View quotes by Clare Short

There are all sorts of conspiracy theories and cover-up stories throughout history, however it is a cover-up how many of them are true!
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There are all sorts of conspiracy theories and cover-up stories throughout history, however it is a cover-up how many of them are true!
View quotes by Stan Stevens

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
View quotes by Virginia Woolf

We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States.
View quotes by Susan Sarandon

Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
View quotes by Edward Gibbon

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.
View quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge

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