There's nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented...
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Paul Hunham: There's nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented debauchery or suffering or rebellion, but man's every impulse and appetite from the disgusting to the sublime is on display right here all around you. So, before you dismiss something as boring or irrelevant, remember, if you truly want to understand the present or yourself, you must begin in the past. You see, history is not simply the study of the past. It is an explanation of the present
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There's nothing new in human experience Mr Tully
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Each generation thinks it invented debauchery
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or suffering or rebellion
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but man's every impulse and appetite
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from the disgusting to the sublime
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is on display right here all around you
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So before you dismiss something
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as boring or irrelevant remember
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if you truly want to understand the present or yourself
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you must begin in the past
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You see history is not simply the study of the past
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It is an explanation of the present
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Movie Summary
A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
