David McCullough Quotes
I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I often reread books I have written.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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Our career had a sort of funny shape.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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The whole concept of witches was that women were speaking up for themselves and fighting for their rights. The whole concept of witchcraft came into play to hold down women and women's empowerment.
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Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.
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I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.
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A sadder vision yet: thine aged sire Shaming his hoary locks with treacherous wile! And dost thou now doubt Truth to be a liar? And wilt thou die, that hast forgot to smile?
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I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved that way.
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When I was twelve, I heard about the National Theater School, and I told my parents, 'That's what I want to do.' And that was it.
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I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
