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Quote by William Halsey
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances

There are no extraordinary men… just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with. – William Halsey

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The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding. – Will and Ariel Durant, The Reformation

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There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. – Michelle Obama

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It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race. – Neale Donald Walsch

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History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another. – Jacob Burckhardt

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