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Salt was at the center of many ancient economies.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Jesus challenged the social norms of his time.
The history of salt is the history of civilization.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
We are all part of the cancer story.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
The history of wealth creation is a history of discovery and innovation.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
The history of air is the history of humanity itself.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
The most successful innovations are those that build on previous ideas.
History is written by the survivors.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Each cloud formation tells a different tale.
The history of the pencil is a story of human ingenuity and the desire to create.
The stories we tell ourselves shape our understanding of the world.
From Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels
Before containers, shipping was slow and inefficient.
The history of the church is a record of the divine plan.
From The History of the Church by Eusebius
The extraordinary growth of the American economy from 1870 to 1970 was an exceptional period in history.
In every phenomenon, there is a story waiting to be uncovered.
Every word tells a story.
We are living in the most peaceful time in human history.
The quest for longitude was a matter of life and death.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel
The rate of extinction today is unprecedented in the history of life on Earth.
The data that powers AI systems is often rooted in historical inequalities.
From Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford
The narrative of God is as much about humanity as it is about the divine.
From The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most important archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century.
The history of debt is a history of human relationships.
In the silence of the library, the past is alive.
Her cells live on, while her story remained largely untold.
Learning from the past helps us rebuild.
The history of codes and code-breaking is the history of humanity itself.
From The Code Book by Simon Singh
The preservation of food with salt is one of humanity’s oldest practices.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
To understand the past, we must confront its shadows.
The Royal Society became the cradle of modern scientific thought and inquiry.
Your story is your power; own it and share it.
The arrival of Europeans in the Americas was not an inevitable event, but rather a contingent one shaped by many factors.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The stories of elements are intertwined with human history.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The Jazz Age was a time of change, and so was medicine.
Every measurement carries with it the weight of history and the promise of future advancements.
The revival of classical thought changed the course of history.
They were taken without her knowledge, and they changed the world.
The development of cryptography is intertwined with the history of civilization.
Understanding the past is crucial to navigating the future.
From The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
Your story is unique and deserves to be told.
From Own Your Everyday by Jordan Lee Dooley
Each element has a tale to tell, often intertwined with human history.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The telegraph was a precursor to the internet, laying the groundwork for future communication technologies.
From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
The lessons of history are a guide to the future.
The preservation of these texts was a remarkable feat, considering the conditions they endured.
Policy responses must be informed by the lessons of the past to effectively tackle future issues.
The word salary comes from salt.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
The salt trade has shaped economies and cultures.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Content marketing is not about selling; it's about storytelling.
Our bodies are a collection of stories waiting to be told.
History is a record of the triumphs and tribulations faced by the church throughout the ages.
From The History of the Church by Eusebius
Violence has been in decline over long stretches of history.
To create the future, we must first understand the past.
From The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
Many believe that the standard of living will continue to rise indefinitely, but historical trends suggest otherwise.
Every map tells a story; it is our job to read between the lines.
The art of deciphering is nearly as old as writing itself.
Salt is the only rock we eat.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Every life is a story worth telling.
Every sound has a story, a history that connects us.
The history of cancer is the history of medicine.
Every piece of paper tells a story waiting to be uncovered.
The stories we live by shape our identities and our realities.
The story of genetics is a story of humanity.
From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
Every step is a story waiting to be told.
From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
The writer’s job is to find the material that will make the story come alive.
From Draft No. 4 by John McPhee
The value of an object is determined by the stories we attach to it.
I wanted to know how a woman who died in poverty became the most important tool in medicine.
The history of religion is the history of human kind’s relationship with the divine.
From The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
Every generation has believed that the world was coming to an end.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Every great innovation began as a loonshot.
From Loonshots by Safi Bahcall
The history of color is a history of human emotion.
The divine life unfolds through history.
From God: A Biography by Jack Miles
The study of the history of science is not an end in itself but a means to better understand the nature of science.
The stories we tell shape the world we live in.
Ancient texts can illuminate the modern world.
It's like a form of magic, really. The way stories can weave themselves into the fabric of our lives.
From The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The development of agriculture was the most important factor in the rise of civilizations.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Salt was once more valuable than gold.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
The idea of holy war is a modern innovation.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
The sacred texts of the world’s religions reflect the struggles of their communities.
Our stories are the threads that connect us.
From More Than Ready by Cecilia Muñoz
The cholera outbreak of 1854 was not just a medical issue; it was a societal one.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
War is one of the constants of history, and it seems to be a part of the human condition.
Salt was once as valuable as gold.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
We are at a pivotal moment in the history of technology.
From The Big Nine by Amy Webb
The history of ideas is often a history of the spaces in which they are formed.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
Understanding codes can unlock the secrets of the past.
The agricultural revolution was history's biggest fraud.
The Great Migration was the most dramatic change in the American population in the 20th century.
Life is a result of a long history of evolutionary processes.
From The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
The history of information is the history of the human mind.
From The Information by James Gleick
They carried their history with them.
Technological progress is built on the foundations of earlier discoveries.
The struggle against debt has been a constant theme in human history.
Be the author of your own story.
The history of money is inextricably tied to the history of civilization.
From The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
Every flower is a story waiting to be told.
From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean