#history

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. ↗

— David Soul

#become #father #follow #footsteps #hero

And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history. ↗

— Edwin Starr

#gotta #history #kind #longevity #me

At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada. ↗

— John Strachan

#church #circumstance #considered #corporation #era

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#ever #history #rented #the history of #washed

I made a movie to explain to the American public what had been achieved in regards to disarmament of Iraq and why inspectors aren't in Iraq today and detailing the very complex, murky history of interaction between Iraq, the United Nations and the United States. It is most definitely not a pro-Iraq movie. It is a pro-truth movie. ↗

— Scott Ritter

#american #american public #been #between #complex

I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. ↗

— Scott Ritter

#american #american history #history #i #issues

When you start out, you're not really aware. I didn't have a sense of photographic history. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#history #i #out #photographic #really

When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

#begins #certain #directors #film #films

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#anyone #arrangement #domination #education #europe

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#danger #either #forward #full #history