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.
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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.'
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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.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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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.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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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.
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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.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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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?'
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Everybody in my family cooks, so growing up and being around it... if I was going to spend time with everybody, it was helping them in the kitchen.
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We all have regrets, but the thing is to learn from life.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.
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Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.
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Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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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.
