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" I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. "
James A. Baldwin
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" For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or enjoying south-of-the-border cuisine on Cinco de Mayo. It means talking to and spending time with kids not like them so that they may discover those kids are in fact just like them. "
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" It could be said that all armed conflicts are a ludicrous and shameful waste of lives, but World War I has a special place in the history of futility - a war without clear purpose, a war whose resolution would ultimately make the world a far worse place. "
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" In history, psychedelic plants were used by priests and shamans with a desire to discover the interior. "
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" That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. "
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" To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. "
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" It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man. "
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" The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. "
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" One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an impatient baby and cries lustily, screams and kicks and makes everybody unpleasant until it is fed. Well, we know perfectly well which baby is attended to first. That is the whole history of politics. "
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" It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions. "
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" You know, I think the, the crucial thing, you know, we have put in place what is, is just simply the biggest, boldest recovery package in history, right; the stimulus package, biggest ever; the financial rescue, absolutely comprehensive; a housing plan - that is incredible medicine for the economy. And we fully expect it to work. "
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" One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history. "
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" A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us. "
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" September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world. "
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" One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy. "
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" Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. "
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" Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world. "
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" I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim. "
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" Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned. "
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" Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. "
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" When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. "
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" Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me. "
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