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    Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

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All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than
once.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: History Quotes,
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I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: History Quotes,
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History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there.

by Anon. Found in: History Quotes,
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The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

by Saki Found in: History Quotes,
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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

by Randall Jarrell Found in: History Quotes,
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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

by Edward R. Murrow Found in: History Quotes,
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

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History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

History would be wonderful thing - if it were only true.

by Leo Tolstoy Found in: History Quotes,
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Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished read more

Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: History Quotes,
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