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War is the unfolding of miscalculations. - Barbara Tuchman

War is the unfolding of miscalculations. – Barbara Tuchman

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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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Barbara Tuchman
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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Barbara Tuchman
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War
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We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end. – Chief Joseph

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War

War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal. – Dennis Kucinich

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War

What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat. – Simone Weil, Ecrits historiques et politiques, 1960

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War

What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. – Simone Weil

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Freedom begins between the ears. – Edward Abbey

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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. – Swami Vivekananda

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Im launching my own festival in South Wales. Its something Ive wanted to do for a long time. Its going to be held at Margam Park, because I wanted the venue to be as close to my home as possible. – Katherine Jenkins

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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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