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“The past is what provides us with the building blocks. Our job today is to create new buildings out of them.”

Quote by Theodore Zeldin

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Theodore Zeldin

Limited information is available about Theodore Zeldin, who was born on August 22, 1933, and is of an unknown profession. more

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“The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person.”

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Source: An Intimate History Of Humanity

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