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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

Other quotes by Edith Sitwell

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. – Edith Sitwell

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Poetry
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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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Hope
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I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest were going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate thats not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives. – Stephen Harper

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History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. – Eldridge Cleaver

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I dont seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesnt help me. Precedents dont inform my experience. – Bill Nighy

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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

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