What I Found Was When I Started My First Study, And Then In Subsequent Studies, Is Here You Have People Under Some Kind Of Duress, Or I Chose To Study Them Because They Represented Some Kind Of Historical Event, As It Impacted On Them Or As They Helped To Create It. - SearchQuotes

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What I found was when I started my first study, and then in subsequent studies, is here you have people under some kind of duress, or I chose to study them because they represented some kind of historical event, as it impacted on them or as they helped to create it.

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