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Its very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to

Its very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing… if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, youve got it half-made. I mean intellectually. – V. S. Naipaul

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Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history. – Martin Heidegger

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

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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. – Neil Armstrong

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[T]hat is the triumph of history – truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist. – Jacques Barzun, Clio and the Doctors

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Go, forget me – why should sorrow, Oer that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me – and tomorrow, brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile – though I shall not be near thee Sing – though I shall never hear thee. – Charles Wolfe

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