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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Then Richard Parker, companion of my torment, awful, fierce thing that kept me alive, moved forward and disappeared forever from my life.
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I started rocking and rolling when Guns N' Roses came out. It wasn't until Garth Brooks came around that I really got back to country. He made it fun again. To me, in country music, the rigor mortis was setting in and it just wasn't fun anymore. Garth brought everyone back over to country and made it cool again.
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When I started playing music, it was all face-to-face.
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You know how you can tell that you're getting really old? Nobody says the word 'death' around you anymore.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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Defiance to constituted authority leaped like a spark from one flammable area to another, growing in heat as it went.
