Quote by Augustine Birrell
That great dust-heap called history. - Augustine Birrell

That great dust-heap called history. – Augustine Birrell

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An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. – Augustine Birrell

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Books
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history. – Ralph Nader

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History

For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories we are inflicting more suffering on more animals than at any time in history. – Michael Pollan

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History

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them. – Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

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History

Theres a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq. – Joe Biden

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History

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Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. – Oscar Wilde

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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted — stay up all night or eat ice cream straight out of the container. – Bill Bryson

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If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base thats religious and theyre going to come see you when youre in that town, once your radio success is gone and youre not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows. – Jason Aldean

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If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can. – Yiddish Proverb

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Will, Willpower