Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes
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Hamas says in its charter they want to see a world without Israel. They want to obliterate Israel.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town.
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I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov -
I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
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There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!
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It's so important to me to do the washing, do the Hoovering. I don't ever want to lose contact with that.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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Sometimes, our expectations of being all-knowing is somewhat unrealistic. At the end of the day, there are people out there who mean harm to us, are thinking about doing harm to us and motivated to do it, and we don't know what that is.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.
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I like fish and a lot of seaweed, but I don't eat bread or dairy or anything like that. It's kind of like in the macrobiotic world. I'm just a healthy eater who loves to juice.
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Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find that when you're down, nobody has a bloody minute for you. If I was a nobody, you wouldn't even talk to me. People, in general, don't like you being upfront and civil. They hate you for it. They label you a cynic 'cos you're reasonable.
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I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.
