David McCullough Quotes

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

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• I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Necessary

• I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Me
  • Lucky
  • Flow

• However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Dream
  • Alone
  • Speak

• The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Alone

• I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Way
  • Fashion
  • Wear

• I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Want
  • Name
  • Albums

• The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • More
  • Now
  • Almost

• When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Up
  • Time
  • Different

• I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Fun
  • You
  • Know

• There was a space program before there was integrated circuits.

  

  Jack Kilby
  • Space
  • Before
  • Space Program

• Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.

  

  Tabare Vazquez
  • People
  • Opportunity
  • Needs

• Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.

  

  Irwin Winkler
  • Why
  • American
  • Culture

• Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Long
  • Water
  • Problems

• I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Girl
  • Tough
  • Reflect

• I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.

  

  M. J. Hyland
  • Trouble
  • Because
  • Get

• Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Period
  • Nothing
  • Coffee

• I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • She
  • Remember
  • Funny

• All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Writing
  • Fun
  • Hate

• I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.

  

  Neil Cross
  • Men
  • Women
  • Experience

• Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer.

  

  Jim Ratcliffe

• San Anita is a beautiful track. It's not too far from my house in L.A., and it's a beautiful place to go and watch the horses run.

  

  Kevin Connolly
  • House
  • Beautiful

• INXS never had that groupie thing. No, no we really never did. Not in a sexual way - well, alright, then, maybe years ago. I've done a few stupid things in my time, but you've got to have respect for yourself, otherwise you end up getting used

  

  Michael Hutchence INXS
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  • Time
  • Done

• No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

  

  David McCullough
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