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Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.
David McCullough
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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.
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Your education never stops and college is just the beginning. You come out of college with a huge advantage in that you've ideally and more times than not you've come out with a love of learning and that's what matters above all.
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