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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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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being ones own Trojan horse. – Rebecca West

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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many a sudden stagetrick. – Max Nordau, The Interpretation of History

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Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life. – Jacques Chirac

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The subject matter is very tricky. Its about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think its a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians. – Daniel Craig

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I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue. – William Tyndale

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I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song Radio Gaga. – Lady Gaga

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In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order. – Kamisese Mara

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As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us. – Peter King

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