"I'd throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea, for they are mistakes of a past history."

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“I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.”

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"Oral history interview with Helen Frankenthaler, conducted by Barbara Rose - 1968; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution"

— Helen Frankenthaler

Art1928–2011

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"We are sorry indeed we could not have defended the island successfully. Now I, Kuribayashi, believe that the enemy will invade Japan proper from this island. … I am very sorry, because I can imagine t…"

— Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Military1890–1945

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— Bertrand Russell

Philosophy1872–1970

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