We learn to think of history as something that has already happened, to other people. Our own moment, filled as it is with minutiae destined to be forgotten, always looks smaller in comparison.

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• Pope John Paul Ii

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  Tuesday, May 18, 1920
  Saturday, Apr 02, 2005

• Aldous Huxley

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  Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• Napoleon Hill

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  Friday, Oct 26, 1883
  Sunday, Nov 08, 1970

• John C. Maxwell

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  Thursday, Feb 20, 1947
  

• Oscar Wilde

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  Monday, Oct 16, 1854
  Friday, Nov 30, 1900

• John Locke

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  Sunday, Aug 29, 1632
  Tuesday, Oct 28, 1704

• Mae West

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  Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
  Saturday, Nov 22, 1980

• Steven Wright

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  Tuesday, Dec 06, 1955
  

• Muhammad Ali

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  Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
  Friday, Jun 03, 2016

• Robin Williams

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  Saturday, Jul 21, 1951
  Monday, Aug 11, 2014

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Alfred Lord Tennyson

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  Saturday, Aug 05, 1809
  Thursday, Oct 06, 1892

• Saint Augustine

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  Saturday, Nov 13, 0354
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