William Manchester Quotes

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

William Manchester

William Manchester

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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

Oren Peli
- Learning
- Challenge
- Luck
Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.

Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Sound
- Move
- Cube
I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.

A. E. van Vogt
- Feeling
- Years
- End
Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

Katarina Witt
- Man
- Woman
- Look
If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.

Yossi Vardi
- Way
- Successful
- Honest
One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'

Jack Keane
- Up
- American
- President