Simon Schama Quotes
History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.Simon Schama
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Adam Lambert -
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.
Dale Carnegie -
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
Saint Ambrose -
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.'
Aaron Sorkin
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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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music.
Nadia Ali -
Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
Vanessa Mae -
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.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
Carl Hiaasen -
Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
Ogden Nash
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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.
Anand Giridharadas -
I eat meat, the rarer the better.
Dominique Swain -
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.
Chrissie Fit -
I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.
Matthew Heineman -
I've become more and more comfortable with occasionally dressing sexier, but I still hope to express a 'cool' type of sensuality.
Liu Wen -
I was not a big comic-book reader.
Brad Bird
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
Iris Apfel -
Voiceover excited me and terrified me. I thought I was going to be really bad at it. It was so freeing and fun to not have to wait for 10 minutes between every setup. They just throw you a direction, and you just say it.
Anna Kendrick -
All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.
Alvar N. C. de Vaca -
History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.
Simon Schama