Edmund Morgan Quotes
In America, we may acknowledge Washington and Lincoln as great men, and probably Franklin and Jefferson and maybe Franklin Delano Roosevelt and possibly even several more, but we would probably disagree about precisely what it was that made them great, what it was that enabled them to give a lasting direction to the course of events.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I wish I could end every rap song I didn't like with a buzzer.
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I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.
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Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.
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In America, we may acknowledge Washington and Lincoln as great men, and probably Franklin and Jefferson and maybe Franklin Delano Roosevelt and possibly even several more, but we would probably disagree about precisely what it was that made them great, what it was that enabled them to give a lasting direction to the course of events.
