Simon Schama Quotes

America is truly special because it's founded on an idea. It's the ideological and philosophical equivalent of a formless God, in other words, you know? It's, again, the only great country in the world that it is formed out of words.

Simon Schama

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I really don't listen to Led Zeppelin that much.

Jimmy Page

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I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

Jeri Ryan

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My audition for 'Dhoom Machale Dhoom' was the turning point of my life.

Sriti Jha

LifeMy LifePointTurning Point

What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have been some flowering authentic democratic socialism and so on. I'm a little bit more of a pessimist there. I think that the Soviets - it's a very sad lesson - by their intervention, saved the myth.

Slavoj Zizek

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Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet - it was a marriage of convenience!

Tommy Cooper

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Larry David's armor is his dissatisfaction with the world down to the smallest detail, and up to the whole ghastly arrangement. He won't win, but he'll enjoy losing.

Tom Shales

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It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve.

Mo Farah

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Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

Joshua Lederberg

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Parents, you know, can be terrible.

Diana Vreeland

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I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

Douglas Leone

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Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

William Westmoreland

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We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people.

Kiri Te Kanawa

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