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> [You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/you-know-when-civilization-began-with-the-invention-of-the-mirror/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-a-student-of-history-i-also-know-civilization-s-debt-to-islam/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/we-know-next-to-nothing-about-virtually-everything-it-is-not/)

[George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/)

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> [I know something about the civilization of China, with my background, obviously, and I think I know something about American history. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-m-pei/i-know-something-about-the-civilization-of-china-with-my-background/)

[I. M. Pei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-m-pei/)

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> [The wind whips through the canyons of the American Southwest, and there is no one to hear it but us - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-wind-whips-through-the-canyons-of-the-american-southwest-and/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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