George Santayana
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George Santayana was a Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of eight.
Santayana lived in Hollis Hall as a student at Harvard.
Santayana early in his career
Santayana's famous aphorism "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" is inscribed on a plaque at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Polish translation and English back-translation (above), and on a subway placard in Germany (below).
Along with Wendell Phillips and John F. Kennedy, Santayana is quoted on a military plaque at Veterans Memorial Park in Rhome, Texas.
We Didn't Start the Fire
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"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a song written by American musician Billy Joel. The song was released as a single on September 18, 1989, and later released as part of Joel's album Storm Front on October
George Santayana
…his cartoons starring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. Santayana's death is referenced in the lyrics to singer-songwriter Billy Joel's 1989 single "We Didn't Start the Fire". Santayana's quotes about fanaticism and forgetting the past are mentioned in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "I Am the Night…
We Didnt Startthe Fire