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History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who werent there. – George Santayana

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We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. – George Santayana

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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world – and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East – is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isnt there. It has to do with history. – P. J. ORourke

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Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent. – John Podhoretz

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One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. – James Buchan

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Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up. – Author Unknown

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A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. – James Joyce, Ulysses

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I dont think Ive ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldnt be ours anymore. – Steve Jobs

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I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When Im with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts. – David Walliams

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