Rick Atkinson Quotes

There are a number of World War II historians I admire: Cornelius Ryan, Mark Stoler, Antony Beevor, to name a few. As for generals, there are those I admire as combat leaders and others I admire because they're great fun to write about.

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• I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.

  

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• It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

  

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• When the dollar was separated entirely from gold in 1971, it ceased being the official IMF world currency and finally had to compete with other currencies... From that point forward, its value increasingly became discounted.

  

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• I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.

  

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• How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.

  

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• You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.

  

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• Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

  

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• This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.

  

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• When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else's point of view, whether he's a good guy or a bad guy.

  

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• I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.

  

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• While I am in this world, I am resolved that no vexation shall put me out of temper if I can possibly command myself. Even old age, which is making strides towards me, shall not prevail to make me peevish.

  

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• I've always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

  

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• Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

  

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• The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil.

  

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• I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing.

  

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• I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.

  

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• Why can't the world be like a summer day, when I thought that health care would be an ethical decision and wars existed only to be stopped?

  

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• After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

  

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• By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

  

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• Who owns your body? You or the state?

  

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• For years, women in India were largely discouraged from participating in high-level sports - and, unless the women were wealthy, good facilities were hard to come by, anyway.

  

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• There are a number of World War II historians I admire: Cornelius Ryan, Mark Stoler, Antony Beevor, to name a few. As for generals, there are those I admire as combat leaders and others I admire because they're great fun to write about.

  

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