"First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past."

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"First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past."

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"I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals."

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