I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.
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I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.
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When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that Philadelphia only had thirty thousand people in it - it practically lifted me out of my chair.
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History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, there is betrayal. That's why people should read Shakespeare and Dickens as well as history they will find the best, the worst, the height of noble attainment and the depths of depravity.
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dropping the key in the box and slipping away in the night.
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When the founders spoke of the pursuit of happiness they didn't mean longer vacations or more stuff. This is what they meant.
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