Jill Lepore Quotes

Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.

Jill Lepore

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ChildhoodWritingLovedFictionMost

You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.

Jerry Moran

WorkSuccessJobPeopleCityYou

Over time, I've come to recognize what others bring to the table, and I've developed a much more team-based approach. There's the saying that there is no end to what one can achieve if one doesn't have to take the credit for what was achieved.

Melanne Verveer

TimeSayingEndCreditTableOthers

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

Amy Tan

PeopleVoiceThoughtEnoughClever

I do my job in Type O Negative.

Josh Silver

JobNegativeType

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.

Brian Wilson

MusicTimePlayAlwaysPiano

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

Winston Churchill

MenSocietySpeakLongMindsEndure

A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.

William Safire

BookIntellectualShapeDealing

I don't just talk to the dead.

Sylvia Browne

TalkDeadJust

When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.

Noah Baumbach

DreamPlaceKnowStrivingGoingGet

Our only president who has died as U.S. commander in chief in war is Franklin Delano Roosevelt - who died of a cerebral hemorrhage or massive stroke on April 12, 1945, only three weeks before the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces he had laid down as implacable Allied policy two years before.

Nigel Hamilton

WarDownSurrenderThreeAprilTwo

My wife loves football, but I think she's resigned to the fact that I'll never make it there.

Mario Andretti

FootballWifeThinkNeverSheFact

Derbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There's no advantage or disadvantage for either side.

Jurgen Klopp

PressureYouPlayDifficultAlways

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