Jill Lepore Quotes

Book reviewing dates only to the eighteenth century, when, for the first time, there were so many books being printed that magazines - they were new, too - started printing essays about them.

Jill Lepore

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TimeBookNewFirst TimePrinting

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

John Constable

LifeBeautifulLightPerspective

I just never wanted to be in a position where I wouldn't be able to walk down the street holding my partner's hand.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

WalkPartnerDownStreetHandNever

I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

Tommy Franks

AmericaQuestionBeginUnitedIntent

It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.

Ronnie Corbett

FunnyGoodTimeMannersPossible

England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others... I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens... I adopted them passionately.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

MeWorldLovedLiteratureMy OwnUp

My favorite moment is when someone says, 'I like 'Unleashed.' 'Now You See Me' is so much fun.' That's what I want to do: smart, fun and big movies. I cannot lie, I love working with those big paint brushes. I have a blast doing these movies.

Louis Leterrier

LoveMomentLieSmartFunMe

There is nothing more special than a love of a child, and I love the fact I am an auntie.

Julia Sawalha

LoveI AmChildNothingSpecialAm

Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

Joyce DeWitt

LongSaidWantSheBigStar

The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security.

Claire McCaskill

SecurityDebtWayBuyNational Debt

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

Arabella Weir

PositiveLiveSchoolAppreciateWill

I'm an ordinary Hackney boy, and I can talk to people.

Asif Kapadia

PeopleI CanBoyTalkOrdinary

Our planet's greener future depends on nurturing our natural and abundant renewable resources.

Tulsi Tanti

FutureResourcesPlanetGreenerOur

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