John H. Plumb Quotes
History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.
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When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
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Keeping house is as unpleasant and filthy as coal mining, and the pay's a lot worse.
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I love old moons. There is something humanized about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in color. One can stare all night at an old moon.
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Time, flowing like a river Time, beckoning me Who knows when we shall meet again If ever But time Keeps flowing like a river To the sea
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As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.
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History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.
