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People who make history know nothing about history. You can see th

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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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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You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era. – David Hockney

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The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness. – Jon Meacham

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The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. – Jacques Chirac

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