Ferdinand Marcos Quotes
History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
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I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.
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I like music a lot.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.
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There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.
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I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.
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I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.
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History, at its best, always tells us as much indirectly about ourselves as it does directly about our predecessors, and it is often most revealing when it deals with episodes and phenomena that we find repulsive.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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My method is, I just sit down and write a book.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.
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Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.
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It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.
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In great misfortunes, people want to be alone. They have a right to be. And the misfortunes that occur within one are the greatest. Surely the saddest thing in the world is falling out of love – if once one has ever fallen in.
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One of the challenges of buying local advertising is, how do you know if it worked? How do you know if it's got value? We're moving toward an e-commerce experience for local, an Amazon-like experience for local.
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History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
