Simon Schama Quotes

Jewish history turns out not to be an either/or story - as in, either pure Judaism detached from its surroundings or else assimilation - but rather, for the vast majority, the adventure of living in between.

Simon Schama

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HistoryAdventureStoryLivingOut

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

John Byrne

LifePeopleMeGoWhyWay

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

John C. Hawkes

MotherRememberFindingMudSting

I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

John Eccles

MyselfMedicalBrainStudentStudy

You have two choices when someone changes your work. You can either wash your hands of it or embrace it.

Andrew Niccol

WorkChoicesSomeoneHandsYouTwo

Having two kids is like having 1000. It's just scheduling, moving around, being mobile.

Max Greenfield

MovingTwoBeingMobileJustKids

You know how exasperated you can be when you're the mother of five young boys.

Ann Romney

MotherYouKnowYoungFiveHow

Biology sets the context, and that is critical, but obesity still boils down to whether a person eats too much or exercises enough.

Robin Marantz Henig

EnoughBiologyDownToo MuchPerson

You definitely pick stuff up when you go back and listen to older material.

Mike Shinoda

YouBackGoListenUpStuff

We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making.

Joseph Chilton Pearce

LiveIdeasOwnFabricWebOur

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

Colin Quinn

ComedyYouEarlyDaysGetThose

Every time I would give a talk, someone would say, 'You ought to go into politics.' I prefer to call it government leadership. My life has taken me to places where I have experiences that I think I can share. A lot of times, we see people who are career politicians. I'm not the conventional candidate, nor do I want to be.

Brad Wenstrup

LifeLeadershipTimePoliticsPeople

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

Bob Schaffer

LeadershipCourageWorldStandLong

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