History Quotes

Those who lived through the great moments reflect on what happened and why it still matters.

18227 quotes

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"History judges us by our intentions and punishes us for our actions."
Jedediah Leland
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"In my day, we knew how to make pictures."
Norma Desmond
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"Everything about the past is sacred."
Norma Desmond
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"You don't know what it was like then."
Norma Desmond
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"I've seen empires rise and fall."
Norma Desmond
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"The past never stays buried in Hollywood."
Joe Gillis
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"I have observed that those who forget their past are doomed to lose their identity."
Max von Mayerling
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"History judges us by our actions, not our words."
Charles Foster Kane
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"History is written by victors and lies told by the vanquished."
Jedediah Leland
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"History teaches us nothing, yet we are condemned to repeat it."
Jedediah Leland
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"Wistory teaches us that the quiwet often win."
Elmer Fudd
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"History is written by those bold enough to challenge the present."
Captain Love
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"These walls have witnessed greatness."
Norma Desmond
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"These walls remember my triumph."
Norma Desmond
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"The past is a living thing in this place. It never really dies."
Joe Gillis
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"She was history the moment she fell in love with me."
Joe Gillis
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"One must understand history to shape the future."
Elena Montero
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"History shows us that change is always possible."
Elena Montero
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"History is written by those brave enough to challenge it."
Zorro
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"History remembers those who dared greatly."
Zorro
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"History repeats because we refuse to learn its lessons."
Jedediah Leland
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"The past is always with us. We can't escape it."
Norma Desmond
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"The studio system made me who I am."
Norma Desmond
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"The studio gave me everything. I gave the world cinema."
Norma Desmond
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"History teaches us that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."
Elena Montero
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"History whispers lessons to those who listen carefully."
Elena Montero
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"History remembers those who dared to act."
Zorro
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"History belongs to those bold enough to seize it."
Zorro
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"I have always been in the scrap heap of this city's memory."
Jedediah Leland
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"History is written by those we tried to defeat."
Jedediah Leland