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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

Quote by Billy Joel about safety, experience

Historical judgement is not a variety of knowledge, it is knowledge itself; it is the form which completely fill and exhausts the field of knowing, leaving no room for anything else.

Quote by Benedetto Croce about judgment, knowledge

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that...

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about nature

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about events, authority, need

We were by no means naive as to think that these fundamental changes in the historical direction of the post-colonial Nigerian state was going to be painless or yield instant results.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about state

As far as a truly radical conscience, you have to take it as part of a larger thing, that it was sort of historical inevitability that with the coming of a leaguer society people would start to use drugs a lot more then they had before.

Quote by Lester Bangs about drugs, conscience, society, use, things, people

One of my great passions is the collection of historical...

One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

Quote by Lynn Abbey

We made stabs in the legislature to try to relieve the state of both the burden and obligation of administering lands that otherwise were construed as belonging to Native Hawaiians historically.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about burden, state

I know full well that such truly historic decisions can...

I know full well that such truly historic decisions can only be taken in the aftermath of intense internal consultation.

Quote by Gerry Adams

And the success of the union movement, historically, has...

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.

Quote by Warren Beatty about union, man, people

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about force, talent

I have never really thought about writing a historical...

I have never really thought about writing a historical novel, but that's not to say that I might not do so in the future.

Quote by Jackie Collins about writing, future, thinking

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

Quote by Dennis Farina about love

Back to the U.S. - they have a problem with historical...

Back to the U.S. - they have a problem with historical emptiness. Those who support moderation could strangle those who stand for direct attack.

Quote by Mick Jagger about attack

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.

Quote by Billy Joel about americans

People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930's and the thing that, the important major things that shaped our history at that time. This is as important for historic reasons as any other.

Quote by Gordon Parks about people, things, history, time

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about history, country, experience

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an...

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

Quote by Li Peng about history, conflict

China and India are the largest developing countries in...

China and India are the largest developing countries in the world. We have had similar historical experiences and are now faced with the same task.

Quote by Li Peng about country, world

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view with sympathy. For they appear to be the only people who share it with us. I mean our worship of the antique. I do not refer...

Quote by William Golding about opinion, old, vice, americans, beauty, character, age, olderness, people

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