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John Keegan Quotes

I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: english
Birth: May 15, 1934 - August 2, 2012

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Myself Think Try Human Things Books

How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.

Jessica Savitch

Career Magazine Valuable How NBC

I'm a little disappointed in what's happened. I'm beginning to lose faith in Obama. This Syria thing is ridiculous. He should not be drawing red lines.

Faith Beginning Red Drawing Lose

The wonderful thing about a book is that you have a canvas that is 300 pages wide, and it's all free space. You can make a piece of art as big as you want and whatever shape you want.

Art Space Book Free You Want

Singing in Hindi is nice but restrictive. Regional languages are more rhythmic, have a different tone and sound, making it more interesting.

Singing Interesting Nice More Sound

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment.

Moment Balance Breakfast Night Think

The other thing is this industry has decided it only has one market. Unlike any other industry in the world, unlike film or books or sports even, this industry has decided it has only one market and that's 14 year old boys.

Sports World Year Old Industry Film

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

Money Me Hair Old Years Paid

My father was the first entrepreneur in the family. He started his own record label, his own restaurant. He knew that, in order to give something back to the people, he had to create.

Family Father People Restaurant Back

I like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably what's unique about us is the way other dynamics happen, where I'll play off Trey for awhile. When we start playing a jam, I don't usually know what's going to happen, I don't have a plan.

Time Start Think Fish Plan Unique

In the mid-nineties, I quit my job as a senior feature writer at 'The Mail' on Sunday in the U.K. and became a 'ghost writer,' collaborating with politicians, pop stars, psychologists, soldiers and sporting legends who needed help in penning their autobiographies.

Michael Robotham

Stars Job Help Sunday Quit Legends

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.

Music Someone Upset Get Off Goes

I went to film school, and I came in when video art was king, weird stuff was king, and there, you don't have a script as your bible.

Jonathan Krisel

Art School King Bible Weird You

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