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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
Richard M. Nixon 
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If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
Joseph Stalin
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Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.
Augustine Birrell
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The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
Peter Berger
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The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
Jacques Chirac
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Margaret Thatcher
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
A. Whitney Brown
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