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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I had a financial page to write in the Mail on Sunday where I'd give tips on shares. I worked there for two and a half years. Nothing compares to the burst of energy felt on a newsroom floor when a big story breaks.
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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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Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.
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Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.
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I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as letting anybody down, I saw it as a good head to head competition, and so it was. It was fine.
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If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
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I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.
