Simon Schama Quotes
History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'
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Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much about dying, either. It's just a fact of being human.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.
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Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
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The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.
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I eat meat, the rarer the better.
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I don't feel the need to have to break out of anything or prove that I'm 'edgy.' Been there, done that mentality. I'm just ready to tackle on new projects that are challenging and help me continue to grow as an artist.
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I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.
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I've become more and more comfortable with occasionally dressing sexier, but I still hope to express a 'cool' type of sensuality.
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There's a small club of women who are willing to age.
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Revolutions are the locomotives of history.
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A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such large deductions for pretence and imposture that no real merit will stand against them. It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary.
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The women's movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there's a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness.
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We know that terrorism is going to happen in the future, and we need to be prepared for it.
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History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.
