I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. (Kurt Vonnegut)

I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

Kurt Vonnegut

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