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The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their recor

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"The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves"

- John Dos Passos

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This quote is written / told by John Dos Passos between January 14, 1896 and September 28, 1970. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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