Quote by Jean Anouilh
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in histo

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books – but it is terrible when one has to live it. – Jean Anouilh

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Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? — a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance. – Jean Anouilh

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Historians are themselves products of history. – Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge

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Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. – Arnold J. Toynbee

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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasnt that terrible. – Doris Lessing

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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. – John Cleese

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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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How is the Empire? – King George V

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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. Its more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero. – Carlos Santana

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So I think its – what was important to me is that I found that I cant change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I dont think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there. – Monica Lewinsky

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