History reminds us that revolutions are not events, so much that they’re processes — that for tens of thousands of years, people have been making decisions that irrevocably shaped the world that we live in today; just as today, we are making subtle, irrevocable decisions that people of the future will remember as revolutions. John Green
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The quote is about the fact that history can be something that can be changed. The reason behind this is because history is something that is made every day by people. It is not something that happens to someone else, but it is something that each person makes every day. If you are reading this now, chances are your decisions have already shaped the world around you. The greatest revolutions are those that are made every day by people without any one person being aware of it.

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