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It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing a

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. – Joyce Carol Oates

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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. – Ken Burns

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In studying history we are finding out about ourselves, and in the last resort the natural sciences and even mathematics have the same final end. – Vivian Hunter Galbraith, An Introduction to the Study of History

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The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular. – Brian Eno

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Whether a womans running for office or shes supporting her husband whos running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, theres just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena. – Hillary Clinton

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My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I havent fallen since. – Hugh Laurie

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Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other peoples freedom and security. – William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. – H. L. Mencken

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I didnt get into skating to be famous. – Eric Heiden

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