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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history a

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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Trust
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International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. – Rebecca West

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Knowledge
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History
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. – Paul Simon

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History

The upward course of a nations history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. – Queen Elizabeth II

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History

But, its because we have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history that we had. We have to dig deeper and we have to do much more in order to be seen and to be spotted. – Novak Djokovic

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History

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders. – Margaret Mead

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History

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