John Keegan Quotes
I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.
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I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.
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I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and better editor than I am.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.
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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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My parents were complicated people. They had a complicated relationship. My home was very, very complicated.
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It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but I find it all a bit bizarre.
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And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing.
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When you get to see the world, it changes you. You realise that there are all kinds of people out there.
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I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.
