Simon Schama Quotes
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I was a little kid. That's my absolute rush, is playing for different people every night, bringing something else to the table they've never seen.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
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Conceptual art, I don't even know what that is.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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Jews have never, ever, ever wished to be separate, unless they were forced to be.
