Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes
Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a modern view of the malfunction common to 14th century rulers: inability to inhibit impulse.Barbara W. Tuchman
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I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
Sammy Sosa -
I still have the sword of Inigo Montoya - it's mine!
Mandy Patinkin -
I've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me.
J. M. G. Le Clezio -
I am very blessed.
Karlie Kloss -
I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
T. J. Miller -
The United States influences government and life everywhere else.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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I really admire people who have a natural sense of style. They have a super power.
Rachel Bloom -
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
Malcolm de Chazal -
Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
Carly Fiorina -
The only time my workout goes a little haywire is when I'm travelling.
Hansika Motwani -
I love to play golf and watch movies in Tamil and Telugu whenever I get time.
Rakul Preet Singh -
Every burned book enlightens the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Never put your family, friends, or significant other low on your priority list. Prefer a handful of truly close friends to a hundred acquaintances.
Sam Altman -
I tend to read non-fiction.
Gary Oldman -
Every good painter paints what he is.
Jackson Pollock -
It is difficult to survive as an author in Sweden, so for commercial success, it is good idea to write crime, get yourself translated, and live happily ever after.
Hakan Nesser -
It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don't come up with any crazy arrangements.
Utada Hikaru -
All of us at reddit work here because we think that reddit is a community like none other. We think it can be a powerful force to change the world for the better.
Yishan Wong
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The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.
Jeanette Winterson -
At the end of the day, we came into the world naked, and that's the way we're going to go.
Sara Sampaio -
You will be excellently executed.
Bret Hart -
The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.
Imelda Marcos -
Bands are always told, 'Nobody wants to hear your new stuff - just stick with the meat and potatoes - that's what people come for.' That's only half-true. I know if I went to see U2, I would be thrilled if they did 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,' but I'm equally as thrilled to hear their new stuff.
Ann Wilson Heart -
Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a modern view of the malfunction common to 14th century rulers: inability to inhibit impulse.
Barbara W. Tuchman