#story books

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. ↗

— Dave Foley

#american history #books #canadian #history #history books

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#been #books #come #everything #grow

If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#books #history #history books #i #imperfect

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass. ↗

— Eudora Welty

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Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature. ↗

— Phillip Noyce

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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#against #because #books #cavalry #fair

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

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If you think you have it tough, read history books. ↗

— Bill Maher

#history #history books #read #story books #think

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart. ↗

— George Michael

#books #everything #fell #going #happily

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. ↗

— Moliere

#blunders #books #dancing #failures #fill