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The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his da

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter. – Hendrik Wilhelm van Loon, The Story of Mankind

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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. – Salman Rushdie

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The idea of history in any age, like the idea of property, or of progress, is an unstable compound; it is put together as needed, by historians or by philosophers, out of the irreconcilable opinions of men. – F. Smith Fussner, The Historical Revolution

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Its a struggle but thats why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again. – Audre Lorde

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The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually dont, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened… and it happened because of a beautiful idea. – Genevieve Gorder

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