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In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? – Manuel Puig

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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. – Manuel Puig

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Ive never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. – Manuel Puig

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We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldnt use irony to reduce their power. – Manuel Puig

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History attempts to provide society with an artificial collective memory. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences

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Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists. – Thomas Friedman

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Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. – Susan Sontag

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I feel like Im part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, Ive got to do a better job. – Andrea Jung

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