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Quote by Edith Sitwell
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust.
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust. – Edith Sitwell

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I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy. – Edith Sitwell

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Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction. – W.H. Auden, A Certain World

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Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. – Gene Tierney

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So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history. – Murray Gell-Mann

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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. – Eddie Bernice Johnson

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