#history

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

#being #conscious #development #history #matter

On the board, Mr. Beery had written "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it." I wasn't sure if this was meant to be inspirational, thematic, or a joke about making sure to study. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#humor #school #inspirational

Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#journey #memory #time-passing #change

They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work again, I got cast in a little program called Roots, and as they would say, the rest is history. ↗

— John Amos

#called #cast #character #god #got

The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#election #exposed #history #our #some

I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung. ↗

— Earl Browder

#communist #could #doing #ever #history

The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#history #past #education

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#changed #contain #doubt #european #favour

I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#angry #attracted #came #down #focus

I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects. ↗

— Jack L. Chalker

#been #college #colleges #fiction #health