David Cannadine Quotes
The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very simple, whereas it's the purpose of historians to say, 'No! It's very complicated.'
The job of the historian is to help give people a sense of existence in time, without which we are really not fully human.
David Cannadine
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When I first filmed things, they were always slightly awkward.
Ralph Fiennes
Here files of pins extend their shining rows,Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.
Vanity
Clarice: proposing to Toni I'll be your lawyer if you'll be my accountant.
Alison Bechdel
I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good.
Dawn Steel
Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.
Lauren Lapkus
When I'm done with something, I'm done. I don't go back and listen to and pine for my old albums, or the Lollapalooza days, or 'Psalm 69' selling millions of records. Maybe I'm really just getting old and mellow.
Al Jourgensen
1000 Homo DJs
Investing in women at home and abroad strengthens families, uplifts our children, improves health, makes communities and countries more peaceful, and brightens our collective future. Where women have equality, security, and the opportunity to live, work, and prosper, their families and societies are better off.
Jan Schakowsky
As crazy as it may sound, it's like my tranquil place, where I sit, and I have my candy for a minute, and I just space out, and it's just me and my candy.
Jason Mitchell
Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
Charley Pride
My goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life.
Don Imus
I love college life.
Lil' Romeo
I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record.
Dylan Thomas
Psych yourself up until you're confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key.
Deborah Moggach
How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.
D. H. Lawrence
It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance.
John Rowland
If you're a child of store owners, if you're brought up in a store, you learn good manners. You have to be genial, well-liked. You're not going to sell a customer if you're rude. You also get with different age groups, and different types of people. So be respectful. Being respectful is very important. You have to learn this.
Gay Talese
Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one’s dignity.
Anton Chekhov
The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very simple, whereas it's the purpose of historians to say, 'No! It's very complicated.'
The job of the historian is to help give people a sense of existence in time, without which we are really not fully human.
David Cannadine