A. J. P. Taylor Quotes

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

A. J. P. Taylor

• War
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• Always

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• The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.

  

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• My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.

  

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• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

  Damien Chazelle
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• Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.

  

  Victor Garber
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• I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
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• We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • War
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• Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

  

  Kapil Dev
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• It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.

  

  Aaron Koblin
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• In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

  

  Sallust
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• I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.

  

  Tanit Phoenix
  • Up
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• People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.

  

  Victoria Justice
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• I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Speak
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  • Persian

• If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Different
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  • Violence

• I love improvising.

  

  Lasse Hallstrom
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Improvising

• I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Character
  • Want
  • Understand

• We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
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• Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.

  

  Vera Wang
  • People
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• When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.

  

  Larry Wilmore
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• I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Crazy
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  • Tennis

• A lot of things we're supposed to do are hard to do, but we can do them. They're always beneficial. Really, some things that are hard are beneficial.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Always
  • Things
  • Really

• Political society wants things simple. Political scientists know them to be complex... One could argue that, in part, the leftist impulse is so conspicuous among the educated and well-to-do precisely because they are exposed to more information, and are accordingly forced to choose between living with the strains of complexity, or lapsing into simplism.

  

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  • Society
  • Political
  • Simple

• Walk softly and carry a big stick. Or stomp loudly and carry enough firepower to start a small war. Whatever worked

  

  Faith Hunter
  • War
  • Small

• No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • War
  • Political
  • Always