Antony Beevor Quotes
Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.
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Without the hard little bits of marble which are called 'facts' or 'data' one cannot compose a mosaic; what matters, however, are not so much the individual bits, but the successive patterns into which you arrange them, then break them up and rearrange them.
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Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
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I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.
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Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.
