Antony Beevor Quotes
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
Walker Stapleton -
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Oscar Levant -
If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig -
Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
Ibrahim Hooper -
At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.
I. King Jordan -
No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
Paris Hilton
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I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a translation of the New Testament.
Daniel Everett -
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
Harold Bloom -
I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
Hannah Simone -
I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
Kate Smith -
If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
Danica McKellar -
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
Karl Marx
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
Walter Bagehot -
Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
Laura Mennell -
I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
Oriana Fallaci -
Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
Kapil Sibal -
Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
Barbara Kingsolver -
My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.
Ian Wright
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
Mae West -
I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.
Carlos Fuentes -
I think all music is a gift from God.
Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D. -
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
Ferdinand Mount -
The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including whether they have a history. But because of the rarity of blue boron diamonds, they often fetch more money than gems of similar quality.
Sam Kean -
Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other.
Antony Beevor