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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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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere. – Rebecca West

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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. Thats the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. – William O. Douglas

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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixons tapes. – Bob Woodward

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The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain

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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume

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Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens. – Gertrude Stein

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Extraordinary how potent cheap music is. – Noel Coward

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