#history

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#anyone #before #even #going #history

In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#achieved #athlete #back #best #career

More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe. It is this dark chapter of European history that we now have the opportunity to close. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#central #chapter #close #communist #dark

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place. ↗

— Dan Rather

#cannot #first #forget #had #history

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle. ↗

— Dan Rather

#history #i #least #seat

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#his #history #job #time #witness

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. ↗

— Paul Valery

#finds #great #history #may #seeks

History has been the history of warfare. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#history #the history of #warfare

My Republican friends are lamenting reconciliation. But I would recommend for them to go back and look at history. ↗

— Harry Reid

#friends #go #history #i #look

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions. ↗

— Tim Reid

#create #decisions #doing #historical #history