"It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself." ― Gertrude Stein Topic(s): History Tags: soothing, thing More From Gertrude Stein "Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting." "Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens." "We are always the same age inside." More In History "History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security."― Phyllis Schlafly "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."― Neil Armstrong "Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history."― Alex Kapranos