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Amanda Foreman Quotes

I think that once you become a parent, you cease to think of yourself as a hero or heroine.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: 1968

Topics

Hero Yourself Think Parent You Once

From its very inception, Lenny Letter set out to create a supportive, positive, inclusive space on the Internet that does not shy away from complexity and nuance.

Positive Space Internet Create Shy

Electronic music has existed since the '70s, and it's almost comical how many subgenres of it there are.

Music Almost Electronic Music How

The misunderstanding out there is that we are a 'hard rock' band or a 'heavy metal' band. We've only ever been a rock n' roll band.

Misunderstanding Rock Band Hard Out

There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.

Education People City Black Planning

It is a leftist myth that European conquerors and settlers encountered only peaceful, virtuous tribes and subdued them murderously in the name of Christianity and Capitalism.

Capitalism Name Peaceful Myth Only

I have deliberately kept singing because I have to at my age. If I stopped for even a year my voice would slowly deteriorate until it's not there at all. That's a fact about getting to my age.

Age Singing Voice Year Because Even

As soon as you pick up a guitar, you're up against the legends of rock. The same goes with stadium drum kits and electric bass. Essentially, you're already in a soundscape that's very familiar and has a lot of established legendary material recorded using those instruments.

Guitar You Rock Legends Same Drum

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Believe Three I Believe Two Years

There's a fairy story called the 'The Shoemaker and the Elves' where this old cobbler keeps leaving leather out overnight and wakes up the next day, and there's a new pair of shoes. Co-authoring is a little like that. You send off the manuscript to your partner, and a few days later, you check your email, and hey, there's more book in here!

Shoes Day Book Story Partner You

I often say Policy Planning is very analogous to a venture capital firm. A venture capital firm sees an interesting idea and puts money behind it; in Policy Planning, we look for promising ideas and then put contacts and relationships behind it.

Money Ideas Planning Interesting Say

Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world.

Man World Prince Prince Charles

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

Denzel Washington

Mother Home School Me Back Never

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