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 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
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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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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
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In China, we think that if you want something to happen, you don't talk about it. So I will keep who I want to work with as my secret.
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I tell people, 'I was born in a little house at the dead end of a dirt road that had no name and no number, and you can go anywhere from nowhere.'
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.
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I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.
