Stephen Ambrose Quotes
It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did not.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
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I've also gotten messages from men and women who are not the most attractive, in their minds, or are self-conscious about their weight. They're thanking me for doing songs like 'Proud Mary' and shaking a tailfeather, because they say I seem real comfortable in my skin and it made them want to be comfortable in theirs.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I'm curvy.
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I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.
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Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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If you spend 72 hours in a place you've never been, talking to people whose language you don't speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don't understand, and you come back as the world's biggest know-it-all, you're a reporter. Either that or you're President Obama.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
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I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
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He's a class act - a bloke that I thought had the perfect action. Just the way he went about his business - he had aggression when he needed it and then he could go back and bowl his line and length. He's a fantastic role model for the kids.
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I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character. You're just looking at someone... if someone's really good in an audition, sometimes they're not good in the film. It's something you learn when you're doing short films. It's the same way that some people do well at taking tests and some people don't. But when you're on a long-term filmmaking process it's a completely different feeling.
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It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did not.
