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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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Ken Burns
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I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content. – Ken Burns

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

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History
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Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. – Rose Kennedy

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A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. – Will Rogers

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Im getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. Im learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment. – John Mayer

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I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think thats healthy when youre learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape. – Andrew Dost

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