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Quote by Ken Burns
You can learn as much about the history from reading about the pre

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living. – Ken Burns

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I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what were lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and its worse than fear – its active disengagement. – Ken Burns

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Fear
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. – Ken Burns

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

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Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. – Thomas Fuller

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Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholars life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds. – Felix Adler

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No, Im no enemy to learning it hurts not me. – William Congreve

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Im still learning my craft. – Yann Martel

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The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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