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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. – Edward de Bono

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If you think you have it tough, read history books. – Bill Maher

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History is the daughter of time. – Lucien Febvre, The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century

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To people who remember JFKs assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his fathers coffin. – Michael Beschloss

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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