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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It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification.
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Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.
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It's funny being the big news every day - and the good news every day.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
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I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for a little while a drunkard. Read a few lines and off you go over the cliff. Bang, you're ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority. I know. I've been through it all.
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Defiance to constituted authority leaped like a spark from one flammable area to another, growing in heat as it went.
