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Quote by Jean Genet
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. T

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet

Other quotes by Jean Genet

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. – Jean Genet

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What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesnt see Negroes hanging from its branches. – Jean Genet

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Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadnt had an audience, and lines to speak? – Jean Genet

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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. – Aristotle

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If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia. – Ron Fournier

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History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security. – Phyllis Schlafly

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History

Throughout history no one has suffered more than God. He has suffered because his own children fell away from him. Ever since the Fall, God has been working tirelessly for the restoration of mankind. People do not know this brokenhearted aspect of God. – Sun Myung Moon

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History

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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. – Agnes Repplier

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And what I saw happening is that women dont make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far in advance that kind of inevitably lead them there. – Sheryl Sandberg

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I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. Im not going to deny myself that. I think Id be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do. – Mike Myers

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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. – Benjamin Franklin

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