David McCullough Quotes
To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
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I've been fighting amidst a lot of opposition from both Hillary Clinton as well as some Republicans who wanted to send arms to the allies of ISIS. ISIS rides around in a billion dollars worth of U.S. Humvees. It's a disgrace. We've got to stop - we shouldn't fund our enemies, for goodness sakes.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles.
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I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.
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Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
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There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.
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Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have the power to change somebody’s life. Everyone has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.
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I downloaded ProTools - legally, of course... and I wanted to impress girls by making remixes of songs.
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My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure... I started bartending and waitressing.
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It’s simply the best feeling EVER. I can’t do better than that. I just love it.
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NOTHING which life has to offer is worth the price of worry.
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To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life.
