Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
I don't subscribe to the idea that the founders or anyone else were somehow better than us and that we have to live up to their example.Nathaniel Philbrick
Quotes to Explore
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
Taylor Lautner -
One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
Jack Palance -
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Carl Jung -
Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets. We need to question technology to insure that markets continue to perform their fundamental purposes.
Bart Chilton -
Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly regular basis. Seven of my classmates live in L.A., and five of them are in the entertainment business, and we constantly talk and play fantasy football together.
Ike Barinholtz -
I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
Naturi Naughton 3LW
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I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.
Lake Bell -
Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
Edna Ferber -
You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles that we have in our mouths and faces and tongues.
Lake Bell -
We live in a multi-cultural society far more open to international ideas. If you'd told me 20 years ago I'd drive through Bury and see someone sitting outside a cafe drinking a latte, I'd have laughed. In fact, I wouldn't have even known what a latte was.
Gary Neville -
My dad was so much fun growing up.
Abby Elliott -
New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
Queen Latifah
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
Zygmunt Bauman -
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.
Octavia Spencer -
Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.
Ted Turner -
My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
Natalie Dormer -
Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.
Cam Newton -
They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light started to pick it up.
Jackie Cooper
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We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
Mae Jemison -
Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
Kat Dahlia -
When I was growing up, there was a feeling in one's living room as much as in one's local gallery that a little elitism was good for the soul.
Andrew O'Hagan -
I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
Walter Isaacson -
Being a black woman, there's so many different sides of us. We are funny, silly, romantic, professional, smart, and we have good jobs.
Lauren London -
I don't subscribe to the idea that the founders or anyone else were somehow better than us and that we have to live up to their example.
Nathaniel Philbrick