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Quote by Paul Valery
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absu

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. – Paul Valery

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Every beginning is a consequence — every beginning ends some thing. – Paul Valery

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Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. – Paul Valery

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History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other. – Arthur Balfour

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Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. Its a collective process. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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[T]he Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. – Thomas Carlyle, Characteristics

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I dont have a long family history of good cooks in my family. – Bobby Flay

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