Antony Beevor Quotes
The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have.
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.
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Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium divorti potest, quin, ubi triduum continuum fuerit, jam odiosis siet.
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That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.
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It is also in theory, conceivable that some universal empire some day might cover the whole globe, leaving no external "barbarians" to serve as invaders.
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Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.
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The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have.
