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When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Martin Amis
Past, Forgotten, Unforgettable
FaceBook post by Martin Amis from Nov 30, 2012

Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.

Martin Amis
Book, Past, Years
"The age of horrorism (part three)" by Martin Amis, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2006.

Is there any good reason why we cannot extend our multi-cultural generosity to include another dimension? That of time. The past, too, is another country. Its ghosts may look strange and frightening and slightly misshapen in body and mind, but all the more reason then, to welcome them to our shores.

Martin Amis
Country, Past, Generosity
"Political Correctness: Robert Bly and Philip Larkin". Lecture given at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, January 30, 1997.

In Germany, they were very interested in talking about their past. I respect that, and I think they've done quite well. It's become a kind of obsession, as it bloody well should, when compared, for example, to France, which hasn't done anything. France has done no work about their part in transporting eighty thousand people to their deaths. They are still the guy in the leather jacket with the onion, who's a part of La Résistance. In fact, they collaborated, not resisted.

Martin Amis
Past, Thinking, People
Source: www.guernicamag.com

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