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Janet Flanner, Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings 1932-1975 Quotes: History looks queer when you're standing close to it, watching where it is coming from and how it's being made.
         

History looks queer when you're standing close to it, watching where it is coming from and how it's being made.


Janet Flanner, Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings 1932-1975
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History looks queer when you're standing close to it, watching where it is coming from and how it's being made.
         



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This page presents the quote "History looks queer when you're standing close to it, watching where it is coming from and how it's being made.". Author of this quote is Janet Flanner, Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings 1932-1975. This quote is about perspective, history,.