“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.”
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.
Errol Morris 
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Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying.
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The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
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Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!
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