Quote by Ken Burns
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, a

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

Other quotes by Ken Burns

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films. – Ken Burns

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movies
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Ken Burns
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I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content. – Ken Burns

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relationship
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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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Other Quotes from
History
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All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. Its scary. – Barbara Kruger

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History

Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. – Norman Borlaug

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History

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

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History

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition. – Gertrude Stein

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History

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The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom. – Oriana Fallaci

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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – B.F. Skinner

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Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment. – E. M. Cioran

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Torture

Weve got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization. – Peter Mandelson

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strength