Jill Lepore Quotes
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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Instant replay ought to be thrown out. Period. It's a game of imperfections. Why is that so bad for the game? Really, I think they are trying to make the game perfect. I'll tell you what: It will never, ever be perfect.
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We're always looking for ways to extend all of our intellectual property. We've seen that's what happened with 'Harry Potter' and 'The Lord of the Rings.'
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Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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I'm not drunk onstage, although I've done that a couple of times when I was younger. It's partly just the way I talk - I talk like somebody in a rocking chair. I'm your 150-year-old grandmother.
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My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.
