David Christian Quotes
If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will.
Quotes to Explore
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
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White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.
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Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.
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Men who betray women also betray other men. Women shouldn't feel so special.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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I am an analog, slide-rule kind of guy.
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The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.
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But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
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I love love, and I love life. I love. I just love. It's just great. It's the most enduring element we have is love.
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It took a lot for me to be able to say that I'm a plus-size model or a model at all without feeling terror or this kind of panic, because it was something so unplanned.
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A peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely depend to a great extent on the economic development of a future Palestinian state. As I have argued before, private sector investment - especially in the West Bank - is going to prove crucial in creating the right political and social context for peace.
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These guys that take a shower, grab a cup of coffee, and go straight to the tee? That's not the way to do it. When you warm up, hit 20 to 25 wedges, a few middle irons, and 10 to 15 3-woods and drivers. If you're going to putt, give yourself 10 minutes.
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I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.
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My approach to acting is the 'let's pretend' school of acting.
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Just because something is on trend, it might not work for you.
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Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.
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When people ask me which I would rather give up, writing or medicine, it's like being asked which eye I'd prefer to have poked out with a spoon: neither, and please use a fork.
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I've been to the White House a number of times.
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
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His neighbor is a tooth-drawer. That bag at his girdle is full of the teeth that he drew at Winchester fair. I warrant that there are more sound ones than sorry, for he is quick at his work and a trifle dim in the eye.
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If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will.
