Stephen Ambrose Quotes
There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.
Stephen Ambrose
Quotes to Explore
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
Sally Watson
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
Maiara Walsh
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
Karen O
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
Walter Russell Mead
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
Olivia Wilde
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
Fiona Apple
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They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.
Ma Jun
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It's too many questions about what I'm going to do, why I'm retiring, and this and that. So I answer the same question, I don't know, a thousand times.
Marat Safin
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I would watch the remaining 12 or so episodes of 'Breaking Bad' I haven't seen by noon tomorrow, but my wife would kill me. I watched all five seasons of 'The Wire' in a month, and she was not happy about it.
D. B. Weiss
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Our true nationality is mankind.
H. G. Wells
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Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
T. J. Miller
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Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.
S. N. Goenka
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I usually have about four books on the go - a bedside book, a lavatory book, a downstairs book, and the book in my study that I read sneakily while I should be writing. Short stories for the lavatory, obviously.
Mal Peet
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A lot of this experimenting and writing and connecting with other people is a very foundational aspect of coming of age, figuring out who I am, presenting information important to me and getting feedback on that. Unfortunately, it's now a process they're going through in public places.
Nancy Willard
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The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw.
Chester Brown
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I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
Rachael Harris
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There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.
Stephen Ambrose
