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Quote by Ken Burns
I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to s

I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a people. I think that jazz is a spectacularly accurate model of democracy and a kind of look into our redemptive future possibilities. – Ken Burns

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You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living. – Ken Burns

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Learning
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People tend to forget that the word “history” contains the word “story”. – Ken Burns

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History
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. – Ken Burns

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History
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I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side. – Steven Wright

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Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts. – Hun Sen

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We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europes direction. Thats also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape Frances future, but also initiate change across all of Europe. – Francois Hollande

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My purpose… to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy. – Juliette Gordon Low

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If its a romantic holiday, the only thing I need is my wife. We love quiet and calm places where we cant be disturbed. Neither of us likes being in busy places we would much rather stay in our hotel room and enjoy each others company. – Jean Reno

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Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. – Louis Pasteur

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