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You can't love what you don't know much about. You can't convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don't know what you're talking about.
David McCullough
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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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