Simon Schama Quotes
I actually think that history has fed off the restlessness of cyber space, of kind of the frantic, segmented nature of the way we lead our lives. People want to be connected.
Simon Schama
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
Samantha Power
As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
J. Michael Straczynski
As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
Iain Banks
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A. J. P. Taylor
I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
Paloma Faith
As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
Karin Slaughter
I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.
Kate Atkinson
The music and the clothing are just as important. That's what makes you hiphop. You show people that you're hiphop by what you wear.
Kanye West
I applaud women, and I did my best and took my time after having a kid - in a healthy way, get back to a place where I felt good in my body.
Jennifer Nettles
Sugarland
We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.
Bulent Ecevit
My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.
Charles Kennedy
Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell.
Keith Hernandez
The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.
Daniel Levitin
For the pie scene, people asked if I read the script and said: 'Oh my god, do I have to do that?' No - I said: 'I hope that's me. I hope I get that part.''
Jason Biggs
For everything is history: What was said yesterday is history, what was said a minute ago is history. But, above all, one is led to misjudge the present, because only the study of historical development permits the weighing and evaluation of the interrelationships among the components of the present-day society.
Claude Levi-Strauss
You can't close your eyes to the lies perpetrated by dangerous fools / 'cos they're handing out rules
Kim Wilde
After a year of doing general farm work, it was quite clear to me that chickens and I were not compatible.
George Nakashima
I actually think that history has fed off the restlessness of cyber space, of kind of the frantic, segmented nature of the way we lead our lives. People want to be connected.
Simon Schama
