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Quote by Rebecca West
It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early st

It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

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Truth
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Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each others nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed. – Rebecca West

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Ideology
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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Women
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The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice! – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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History

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics? – Pat Robertson

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History

Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. Its like youre touching the essence, the very substance of life. – Kim Novak

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History

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. – C. S. Lewis

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Ive written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. – J. Michael Straczynski

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My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children theyre beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends. – Emily Mortimer

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