A. J. P. Taylor Quotes
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
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Anyone can look beautiful.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta.
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We waste an awful lot of energy as a Nation through inefficient use of energy.
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The world is more than a game of cards. History is more than a record of gambling operations.
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What a tiny list of friends I have! All my fault. I less and less want to see people.
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All you need to do is know who you are.
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History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
