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Quote by Hugh Laurie
I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and,

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. – Hugh Laurie

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People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when youre not looking for it. – Hugh Laurie

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I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didnt think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. – Hugh Laurie

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I admit I cant shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for. – Hugh Laurie

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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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History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. – Karl Marx

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People tend to forget that the word “history” contains the word “story”. – Ken Burns

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We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited. – Paul Ryan

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