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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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
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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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In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.
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My father was retired military, and my mother was an educator. She was incredibly creative. I used to love going to her school during the summer and helping her decorate her classroom. I would draw Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck. She was a sixth grade teacher. She and my father are the ones that got me into my love of music.
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I'm attracted to things that scare me, like 'Psycho,' my favorite Hitchcock movie.
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As every bird-watcher knows, the beauty of a bird's song is inversely correlated with the colourfulness of its plumage.
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There seems to be no part of knowledge in fewer hands than that of discerning when to have done.
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Chroniclers habitually matched numbers to the awesomeness of the event.
