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History being the record of human action is a richly variegated ma

History being the record of human action is a richly variegated material, and it is not easy to give a true impression of the stuff by snipping off an inch or two for a pattern. – Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, Truth and Opinion

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So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history. – Henry Louis Gates

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To this wonderful page in our countrys history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. – Giuseppe Garibaldi

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History

This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that. – John Perkins

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Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry. – Conrad Hall

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The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones. – Proverb

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Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like The Beggars Opera – the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters. – Peter Mullan

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Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury. – E.H. Chapin

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The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. – Henry David Thoreau

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