[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the ima
[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead – and so the imagination of the living. – William Carlos Williams

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All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. Its scary. – Barbara Kruger

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Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history. – Carlton J.H. Hayes

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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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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Change yourself, change your fortunes. – Proverb

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I have always wanted a bunny and Ill always have a rabbit the rest of my life. – Amy Sedaris

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The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. – Theodore Roosevelt

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