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Quote by Howard Nemerov
History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. Its one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldnt live without. – Howard Nemerov

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I do insist on making what I hope is sense so theres always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow. – Howard Nemerov

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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, thats the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up. – Leonardo DiCaprio

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Im a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I dont understand why in America its such a big deal that we wont read the Koran and we wont look at history. – Pat Robertson

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