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

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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being ones own Trojan horse. – Rebecca West

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International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. – Rebecca West

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History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies. – Frederick Maurice Powicke, Three Lectures

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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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History… is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. – James Joyce, Ulysses

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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists wishes. – Al Yankovic

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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. – Douglas William Jerrold, about Australia, A Land of Plenty

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Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it! – Alanis Morissette

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