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BP is accused of destroying the wildlife and coastline of America, but if you look back into history, you find that BP did something even worse to America. They gave the world Ayatollah Khomeini.

Sometimes history repeats itself. And sometimes it doesn't.

Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.

I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States.

Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It's the result of us: of the ways that people choose to organize their societies.

If you're going to call a book 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History,' readers will expect some serious carrying on about race, and Thomas Woods Jr. does not disappoint.

Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.

Sexism is deeply rooted in our history and society that waking up and stepping outside of it is like I'm watching 'Night of the Living Dead Part Two' all day, every day.

I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told.

I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

I must be the only person in 'Strictly' history who's actually put on weight during rehearsals.

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.

You know how when you get older you actually want to learn? When I went to college, I wasn't as interested in the art history classes as I am now.

I have read up about the history of Wimbledon and watched the 'Crazy Gang' documentary on BT Sport.

It's great to have a small place in their history, all that the Yankees mean and everything, that's awesome.

Democrats have a long history of utilizing the threat of a potential Ebola outbreak to request massive federal funds while attacking Republicans for expressing skepticism over their funding schemes.

All the Indigenous paintings throughout history, they were always a bird's eye view, it's the Indigenous way of storytelling.

For whatever reason, you gravitate to certain subjects, and I read a lot of history.

White people need to wake up and tell the truth about US history and the inequality and the ways in which racism is so entrenched.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.