David McCullough Quotes
My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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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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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
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'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject.
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If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
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There was a time in my life when one aspect of my lifestyle called for watching a lot of television.
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You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.
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Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.
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Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on.
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My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.
