Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes
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Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
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Liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive.
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Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.
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I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!
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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
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I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.
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I was a science fiction geek. That lets you know that they come in all sizes and styles, right?
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I was so passionate about wanting the role in 'Like Crazy,' I filmed myself in the shower because that's where one of the scenes was set. It just felt instinctive. It was a close up! It would have been strange if I'd sent off a wide shot of myself. That's not the kind of work I want to do!
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It's kind of an art, going out and performing. I'd like fans to remember me as a guy who would go out and entertain them, give them quality matches, and not just the same old garbage every week.
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I still sleep with my baby blanket.
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I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.
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You know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.
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The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.
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When you work with somebody, either the puzzle piece fits, or it doesn't.
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It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.
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Do not the brave know The greatness of their progeny? A country present will meet thee, And while it may possibly be yours, Three hundred thousand years save one, A short hour of the day of everlasting life.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Failure to believe stems from moral failure to recognize the truth, not from want of evidence, but from willful neglect or distortion of the evidence.
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A great teacher is not simply one who imparts knowledge to his students, but one who awakens their interest in it and makes them eager to pursue it for themselves. He is a spark plug, not a fuel pipe. The reason colleges exist is to bring students into contact with contagious personalities, for otherwise they might as well be correspondance schools.
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As a 16-year-old, I was 5-foot-5 and maybe 145 pounds. It was hard to believe a guy like that was going to make it to the big leagues.
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Chroniclers habitually matched numbers to the awesomeness of the event.
