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"History must be documented, every moment is a sacred history."

"Every period in history has its own peculiarities."

"During the Cold War of the 1950s, American spies were issued eyeglasses with thick, clunky frames. If captured, they were trained to casually chew the curved earpieces, where fatal doses of cyanide were cast inside the plastic. It's these same horn-rimmed suicide glasses, the wrangler says, that inspired the look of Buddy Holly and Elvis Costello. All those young hipsters wearing death on their nose."

"Imagine the ancient society of India, and in fact all over the world, a few thousands years ago. In those days, rational thinking was quite scarce. Ignorance was the default mode of thinking. Only a handful of individuals were capable of higher intellectual thinking."

"Jesus Christ, from Nazareth was a glorious man in human history " a man filled with love, compassion and purity of conscience."

"In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine."

"It was the greatest, most intricate, most ingenious and most costly rescue mission in all of human history."
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"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

"Distance can make a love fade, while closeness can make hate flare; as distance can make hate fade, while closeness can make love flare."

"Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings."

"Love is like a match to a wick. It takes that right combination to strike a flame. But once the flame is there, it can either give warmth, die out or burn your world to ashes. Even kill you. It's how you sustain the flame, feed it, and moderate the amount of energy in balance."
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