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).
Edmund White -
Liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive.
Viktor Orban -
Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!
Lana Turner -
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Yogi Berra -
One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
Sam Mendes
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We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
Ted Deutch -
I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.
Kate O'Mara -
I was a science fiction geek. That lets you know that they come in all sizes and styles, right?
Mae Jemison -
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!
Felicity Jones -
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.
Owen Hart -
I still sleep with my baby blanket.
Katee Sackhoff
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I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.
Bebe Rexha -
You know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.
Kate Winslet -
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.
Vincent Bugliosi -
When you work with somebody, either the puzzle piece fits, or it doesn't.
Gary Goetzman -
It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
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.
Taliesin
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It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places.
Jeff Ament -
I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
Jerry West -
The wise artist makes peace with the fact that he will understand less than he had anticipated.
Eric Maisel -
I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Chroniclers habitually matched numbers to the awesomeness of the event.
Barbara W. Tuchman