Quote by Doris Lessing
September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history o

September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasnt that terrible. – Doris Lessing

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When youre young you think that youre going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

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Peace
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History
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Secretly, Im a real big nerd. Id rather stay home and play Scrabble than go to a Hollywood party, any day of the week. And I love reading about history and watching the Discovery Channel. – Sprague Grayden

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History

History is a pageant and not a philosophy. – Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta: The Muse of History

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History

History begins in novel and ends in essay. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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History

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth. – E. O. Wilson

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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. – Robert A. Heinlein

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I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below. – Angus Wilson

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Silence is an ornament for women. – Sophocles

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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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