Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.
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I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
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Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
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Don't limit your audience.
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
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I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.
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The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known.
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I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.
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I feel horribly vindicated. Three thousand people died who didn't have to die.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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It is so much better to make a big thing out of a little subject than to make a little thing out of a big one.
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A man who tries to please all men by weakening his position or compromising his beliefs, in the end has neither position nor beliefs. A man must say what he believes clearly, without dogma, and without guile.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee started all this violence.
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A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
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I'm a big Stephen King fan.
