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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we vi

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. – Daisaku Ikeda

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A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Experience
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Daisaku Ikeda
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness? – Daisaku Ikeda

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Failure
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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume

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History

Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up. – Author Unknown

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History

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving – as if it were an individual person – its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends. – Karl Marx

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History

Its incredible to have been part of fashion history – my whole career has been one big highlight. – Helena Christensen

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History

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The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age. – W. H. Auden

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Im still very professional about my fitness. I stay in trim as I always did. – Peter Shilton

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