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> [“I once came upon a definition of history as ‘the process by which complex truths are transformed into simplified falsehoods’. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/i-once-came-upon-a-definition-of-history-as-the-process-by-which/)

[Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/)

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> [Never look back. What's gone is now history. But in the process make memory of events to help you understand what will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-anil-kr-sinha/never-look-back-what-s-gone-is-now-history-but-in-the-process-make/)

[Dr Anil Kr Sinha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-anil-kr-sinha/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/dr-anil-kr-sinha-3355_dont-look-back_never-look-back-what-s-gone-is-now-histo_1092548.jpg)

> [History, after all, is a process, not a position, and it is not best written in bronze and marble. It is complex,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-olusoga/history-after-all-is-a-process-not-a-position-and-it-is-not-best/)

[David Olusoga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-olusoga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/david-olusoga-5812_best_history-after-all-is-a-process-not-a-pos_1416991.jpg)

> [“interrelated. In contrast to the Western approach of treating history as a process of modernity achieving a series of absolute victories over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/interrelated-in-contrast-to-the-western-approach-of-treating-history/)

[Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/henry-kissinger-5357_history_interrelated-in-contrast-to-the-western_2978368.jpg)

> [History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/history-is-a-process-of-transformation-through-conversation-in-our/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/humberto-maturana-47431_attention_history-is-a-process-of-transformation-t_2986117.jpg)

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