Claire Tomalin Quotes
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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It's time to bring a change because the world is changing. Let's open our minds and live in present.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.
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I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.
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When I make my own videos, I am the writer, the editor, the lighting person, everything - that's why my videos are blurry.
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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.
