Bernard Bailyn Quotes
The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
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When we started, we thought about the scale of the Internet - if everyone was using the service at the same time, what would that look like?
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I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
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One problem I have with drug companies is that they don't make all their data public.
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The advantage comes out of the capability of Indian engineers and the competitiveness of their capabilities and the cost at which they can create those capabilities.
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For a Tamil debut, I wanted to make sure the script is the right one. We are hopeful 'Bramhotsavam' will be that film.
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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.
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He that cannot paint must grind the colors.
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I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances.
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I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm beginning to start to write something, I start reading what I think of as good literature. I read things with wonderful language.
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There is much made in the psychological literature of the effects of divorce on children, particularly as it comes to their own marriages, lo those many years later. We have always wondered why there is not more research done on the children of happy marriages. Our parents' love is not some grand passion, there are no swoons of lust, no ball gowns and tuxedos, but here is the truth: they have not spent a night apart since the day they married.How can we ever hope to find a love to live up to that?
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The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.
