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In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot h

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. – John McCarthy

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There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected thats when he doesnt forget them. – John McCarthy

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Society
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Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries failure to advance. – John McCarthy

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Failure
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. – Eddie Bernice Johnson

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History

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious. – Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

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History

In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. – Wallace Shawn

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History

We learned the value of research in World War II. – Amar Bose

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History

Random Quotes

One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me Id be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun – especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan. – Hugh Jackman

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Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right. – Shirley Hazzard

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Imagination

Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you cant even think straight. – Marilyn French

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Love

No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. – Greil Marcus

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Failure