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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. Whe

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? – John Guare

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And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life – it lives in the constant present. – John Guare

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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war they make it tour the world. – Victor Cousin

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Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural as an oak tree. It comes out of the past; its foundations are laid far back. – Wendell Phillips, Address, Anti-Slavery Society, 1852

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