"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

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"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

History, Change, Idea, Ownership, Past

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

History, Religion, Morality, Mankind

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

History, Death, Decay, Memory

"The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

History, Bible, Books

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

History, Symbolism, Patriotism, Emotion

"The United States was born in the country and moved to the city in the nineteenth century."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

History, Country, City, America

"This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

History, War, Honor, Service, Humanity

"The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever."

Michael M. Honda, American Politician

History, Awareness

"That was the first time ever in history that anybody got Special Guest Star. I started that whole nonsense."

Jonathan Harris, American Actor

History, Time, First, Guest

"What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history."

Avery Brooks, American Actor

History, Being, Feeling, Thinking

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People

"The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself."

Time

"If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil."

Emotional

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

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"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."

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"Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive."

Happiness

"Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin."

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"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."

"The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history."

"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."

"The United States was born in the country and moved to the city in the nineteenth century."

"The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever."

"That was the first time ever in history that anybody got Special Guest Star. I started that whole nonsense."

"What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history."

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"Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it."

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."

"The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself."

"If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil."

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."

"Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive."

"Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin."