George MacDonald FraserI think little of people who will deny their history because it doesn't present the picture they would like.
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We all tend to look at our own lives in a certain way. It's like looking at a picture in a book. We've all seen the same picture, but because I'm looking through different eyes, I see something different. And when we look at something in one way, history can seem to be repeating itself. But when we take it into another perspective, when we look at it in the light of history, it can seem much different than before.
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