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Quote by Doug Coupland
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no lon

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. – Doug Coupland

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Its very strange that most people dont care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. – Doug Coupland

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Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and its been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries. – Doug Coupland

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Theres nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. Its a total turn-off. – Doug Coupland

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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. – Margaret Mead

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The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally. – Carroll Quigley

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Never in our countrys history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days. – Jo Bonner

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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm

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Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show. – Fanny Brice

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I never forgive, but I always forget. – Arthur Balfour

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There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. – Bo Bennett

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