A. J. P. Taylor Quotes
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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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.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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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.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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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.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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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.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I love improvising.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
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What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?
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Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.
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I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.
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In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
