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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

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I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what were lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and its worse than fear – its active disengagement. – Ken Burns

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Fear
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Ken Burns
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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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Future
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Ken Burns
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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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Other Quotes from
History
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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. – Ambrose Bierce

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History

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. – William Manchester

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History

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

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History

In man – in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that theyre occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the peoples will is what achieves victory. – Hassan Nasrallah

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History

Random Quotes

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, its time for me to move away from the game. – Michael Jordan

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Time

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. – Lao Tzu

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good

Funny, I dont feel any more powerful today than yesterday. – Jerry B. Jenkins

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funny

The call for free markets would be more successful if it came from more sympathetic people. – Gerhard Kocher

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Capitalism