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.
Claire Tomalin
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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.
W. Bruce Cameron
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Ed Begley, Jr.
When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
Oprah Winfrey
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
Sam Altman
Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
Ed Royce
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.
J. William Fulbright
When I first started working at MIT, back in the '80s, our writing department had a joint cocktail party with the Harvard writing department. It was kind of oil-and-water.
Joe Haldeman
Love is a given, hatred is acquired.
Douglas Horton
We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised to actually be a policeman.
Courtney B. Vance
One hundred eighty years later, we know that the eyes of the world are fixed upon us. And we must ask ourselves: what kind of an example of freedom do we give to our age? What are the true marks of our America-and what do they mean to the world?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.
Claire Tomalin