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Quote by Ken Burns
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism,

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what were lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and its worse than fear – its active disengagement. – Ken Burns

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You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living. – Ken Burns

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I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films. – Ken Burns

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People tend to forget that the word “history” contains the word “story”. – Ken Burns

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Action cures fear, inaction creates terror. – Douglas Horton

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

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While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. – Bo Bennett

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