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  "text": "As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It‘s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.",
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      "text": "“Here's to charming losers, I suppose.“\n\n“If only we knew where to find some.“",
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