Bernard Bailyn Quotes
Defiance to constituted authority leaped like a spark from one flammable area to another, growing in heat as it went.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I always drive like a madman.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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I remember being in strong physics, physiology and biology classes.
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It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.
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I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.
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It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification.
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When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?
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I have long been of the mindset that aviators are like leather jackets - when they're perfect, they give you 'instant cool.' They're the Alexa Chung of sunglasses.
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My aunt Marcia Cope-Hart was in 'Phantom Of the Opera' in San Francisco for quite a few years when I was growing up, so we would go into the city a lot to see her.
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Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.
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Defiance to constituted authority leaped like a spark from one flammable area to another, growing in heat as it went.
