Antony Beevor Quotes

What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

Antony Beevor

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• Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.

  

  J. Cole
  • President
  • Successful
  • Skin

• We are all seduced by charismatic people, whether it's in your office or in the bus or in the train. There are people who just, like, come through the door, and everybody turns around and looks at them and feels drawn to them.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • People
  • Door
  • Train

• I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Believe
  • Love
  • For Him

• I'm kind of a reluctant guru.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Kind
  • Guru
  • Reluctant

• I love the fashion world. I love clothes. I love style.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • World
  • Fashion
  • Style

• We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

  

  Jack Welch
  • Country
  • Years
  • Said

• I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• 'Lost' seems to be the inverse of 'Air': It explores dispossession and identity by forcing a bunch of people into one invented landscape instead of using many invented landscapes to keep people apart.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • People
  • Lost
  • Air

• I was interested in political failure here in the U.S. The way we're failing to work together to solve even our smallest problems, let alone the complex ones.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Work
  • Together
  • Political

• At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Why
  • Side
  • Yes

• What do I bring to a film? I think, maybe, I know for a fact that I focus on connection of character; I focus on warmth and a heart, but I don't know if it's because I'm African American or because I'm crazy -who knows.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Heart
  • Character
  • American

• I danced a lot when I was younger, and I've always had decent, shapely legs and thought it's now or never. I mean, when you're pushing 40, are you really going to wander around in a dress that's midthigh length?

  

  Kate Winslet
  • You
  • Thought
  • Dress

• I suppose if I wanted to be the girl next door, I could have been. I think America is confused by someone who appears to be sexual and spiritual at the same time.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Time
  • America
  • Girl

• I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I'm supposed to be the typical amateur who's 22 and scared to death and can't believe he won the Olympics.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Believe
  • Death
  • Media

• My pump-up songs before I compete are not the usual. They're more girly songs. I love 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus. It's about the journey and savoring every moment. I have 'The World's Greatest' by R. Kelly on my playlist, too.

  

  Kacy Catanzaro
  • World
  • Journey
  • Moment

• Death and the dice level all distinctions.

  

  Samuel Foote
  • Death
  • Level
  • Dice

• You're not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Love
  • True
  • Ego

• Gamers are everywhere, coming in all ages and genders, and developers have grown up, too.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Up
  • Developers
  • Gamers

• Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

  

  Jeremy Taylor
  • Friend
  • Enemy

• I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it can feel too easy to fail or fall short of that.

  

  Carrie Brownstein
  • Thinking
  • Fall
  • Goal

• The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Law
  • Religious
  • Difference

• We sit inert, like dead specimens of some museum, while lessons are pelted at us from on high, like hailstones on flowers.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • High

• The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.

  

  Bob Schieffer

• What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

  

  Antony Beevor