Amanda Foreman Quotes

In 1874, Mary Fraser accompanied her husband Hugh to Hong Kong, arriving hours after a typhoon had wrecked the island. Some 10,000 boat families had drowned in the harbour. There was no way to avoid the bloated bodies, and when Mary disembarked, she felt her foot land on something soft.

Amanda Foreman

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People care about performance and results above all else.

Jim Gray

PeoplePerformanceCareResultsElse

I think there's always the whole expectation that men can age and look fine, and girls have to be all conscious. But guys can also keep their skin intact.

Jillian Hervey

AgeMenThinkLookSkinExpectation

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.

Tom Sharpe

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I went and campaigned for Ken Cuccinelli and did a fund-raiser for Ken Cuccinelli. He's not from my faction of the Republican Party, but you know what? When the nominee is chosen, we have got to come together, or we will never lead.

Mitt Romney

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I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

Chris Milk

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When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.

Chris Ofili

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The need for strong partners and employees persists throughout the life of a company, but it is especially important in the beginning.

Clara Shih

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I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else.

Annette Bening

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Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.

William Hamilton Maxwell

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There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.

Peer Steinbruck

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Maybe I am naive, but I don't think talking about the Holocaust with total and complete cynicism is possible for Israeli politicians. It's inevitable that the Holocaust is part of Israeli politics.

Timothy D. Snyder

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