David McCullough Quotes
The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
L. Ron Hubbard
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
Dallas Roberts
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
Dan Coats
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
Ice Cube
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
Carice van Houten
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
Zach Anner
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
Dalton McGuinty
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
Adam Peaty
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
Salman Rushdie
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I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
G. Willow Wilson
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
V. S. Naipaul
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
Rachel Lambert Mellon
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
Flea Jane's Addiction
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
M. H. Abrams
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I didn't go to school a lot.
Victoria Abril
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TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?'
Sally Phillips
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
Adam McKay
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
Gary Johnson
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We 'conserve' nothing; neither do we want to return to any past periods; we are not by any means 'liberal'; we do not work for 'progress'; we do not need to plug up our ears against the sirens who in the market place sing of the future: their song about 'equal rights,' 'a free society,' 'no more masters and no servants' has no allure for us.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.
Max Lerner
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My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
Barack Obama
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Given the nature and magnitude of the challenge, national action alone is insufficient. No nation can address this challenge on its own. No region can insulate itself from these climate changes. That is why we need to confront climate change within a global framework, one that guarantees the highest level of international cooperation.
Ban Ki-moon
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There's a balance of feminine and masculine energy. Unfortunately, it's an imbalanced world because of the people that are in charge, and that's egotistical men.
Mya
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The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.
David McCullough