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“In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there is no might have been. There never was. It is supposed to be true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing that even God--who knows all that can be known--seems powerless to change.”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
“Scared money can’t win and a worried man can’t love.”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
“The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
“I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.”
― All the Pretty Horses
― All the Pretty Horses
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