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Yesterday's Echo, Today's Voice.
History is the study of the past, encompassing events, people, and societal developments, pieced together through evidence and interpretation. It is meaningful to human life because it provides a crucial understanding of our origins, shaping our present identities and offering valuable lessons for navigating the future by recognizing patterns, avoiding past mistakes, and informing ethical decision-making.
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# History & Alternate history films
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1999 films
Comedy films
Films set in Washington
D.C.U
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Steamboy" (Quotes (English dubbed version), Ray encounters Lloyd: (Ray asks why Lloyd told him that Edward is dead))
“Ray: Amazing.”
— Unknown
2004 films
Animated science fiction films
Anime
Steampunk filmsU
2009 films
Science fiction films
South African films
Technology filmsU
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Steamboy" (Quotes (English dubbed version), Ray encounters Lloyd: (Ray asks why Lloyd told him that Edward is dead))
“Ray: What are these?”
— Unknown
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1997 animated films
1997 American animated films
Traditionally animated films
American children's animated adventure films# History & Time
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Context: • Sam at the end of each episode.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Quantum Leap"
• Source: Wikiquote: "Quantum Leap"
“Oh, boy...”
— Unknown
1980s American science fiction TV shows
1990s American science fiction TV shows
NBC shows
Time travel TV showsU
Context: • Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, On the Study and Use of History. Letter V. Fielding, Tom Jones, Book XI, Chapter II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (B)
“The dignity of history.”
— Unknown
History*
Time
SociologyU
Context: • Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1751).
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (F)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (F)
“Today is Yesterday's Pupil.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, A History (1837), Part I, Book VII, Chapter V.
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (C)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (C)
“History, a distillation of rumor.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Joseph de Maistre, Against Rousseau (1795), p. 21
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (M)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (M)
“History is experimental politics.”
— Unknown
# History & Sociology
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“Most historical facts are unpleasant.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Cesare Beccaria, Trattato dei Delitti e delle Pene (Treatise of Crimes and of Punishment). Introduction.
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 368-69.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 368-69.)
“Happy is the nation without a history.”
— Unknown
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Context: • George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Chapter IX.
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (O)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (O)
“We've always been at war with Eastasia.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Kwame Ture, (10 November 1992), Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America page: 192, publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, ISBN: 978-0-679-74313-2 Afterword
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (T)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (T)
“Authors make errors, history, does not!”
— Unknown
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Context: • Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta, The Muse of History.
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 368-69.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "History" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 368-69.)
“History is a pageant, not a philosophy.”
— Unknown
# History & Action films
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" (Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic)
“We will protect you.”
— The Fantastic Four: First Steps
2025 films
2020s American films
Superhero films
Action filmsT
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" (Galan / Galactus)
“Clever, little bugs.”
— The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (film)" (Abraham Lincoln)
“I was a rail splitter.”
— Unknown
2012 films
fantasy films
Vampire filmsU
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (film)" (Abraham Lincoln)
“I hate that we were afraid.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (film)" (Henry Sturges)
“My services are not for sale.”
— Unknown
# History & Science fiction films
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" (Ben Grimm / The Thing)
“Yeah. Best looking, he means.”
— The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Watchmen (film)" (Rorschach/Walter Kovacs)
“Hurm. [repeated line]”
— Unknown
2000s American films
Dystopian filmsU
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (Joseph Sullivan)
“Naked... you can say it, Polly.”
— Unknown
British filmsU
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (Joseph Sullivan)
“[to Dexter] Is it safe?”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Steamboy" (Quotes (English dubbed version), Ray encounters Lloyd: (Ray asks why Lloyd told him that Edward is dead))
“Ray: But Father told me that the-”
— Unknown
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