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Quote by Barbara Tuchman
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman

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In man – in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that theyre occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the peoples will is what achieves victory. – Hassan Nasrallah

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When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. – George Washington Carver

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Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry. – Conrad Hall

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The prime deaths of history star the textbooks like constellations of power. – Terri Guillemets

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In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it! – Bryant H. McGill

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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. – Charles de Secondat

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Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence. – Socrates

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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. – Napoleon Hill

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