My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.

World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.

Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.

It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.

The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country.

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.