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"What we do about history matters. The often repeated saying that those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them has a lot of truth in it. But what are 'the lessons of history'? The very attempt at definition furnishes ground for new conflicts. History is not a recipe book; past events are never replicated in the present in quite the same way. Historical events are infinitely variable and their interpretations are a constantly shifting process. There are no certainties to be found in the past."
-Gerda Lerner
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
-George Bernard Shaw
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"I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals."
-Denise Levertov
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"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-Howard Thurman
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"Are you going to base your whole life on who you're stuck in a room with?"
"I'm gonna base this moment on who I am stuck in a room with. It's what life is. It's a series of rooms. And who we get stuck in those rooms with, adds up to what our lives are."
-House
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-Gerda Lerner
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
-George Bernard Shaw
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"I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals."
-Denise Levertov
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"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-Howard Thurman
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"Are you going to base your whole life on who you're stuck in a room with?"
"I'm gonna base this moment on who I am stuck in a room with. It's what life is. It's a series of rooms. And who we get stuck in those rooms with, adds up to what our lives are."
-House
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