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Simon Schama Quotes

I used to have a monthly cookery column, and am a big cook, so that whole sense of connecting what one does with food to one's cultural identity has always been fascinating to me.

Simon Schama

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: February 13, 1945

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Food Identity Me Always Big Used

Every town has its dark side, but I spend time in New York for my dark inspiration.

John Lutz

Time New York Dark New Dark Side

I broke my nose and got a concussion when I was 13.

Michael Cera

Nose Got Broke

What we need in America is a renaissance. We need to go forward by going backward.

Stanley Crouch

Forward America Go Need Renaissance

I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture.

Steven Pinker

Failure Culture Think Thinking Our

I shouldn't be right for every role, because I'm not.

Tom Sturridge

Right Because Role Every

I am not trying to chase what other people are doing.

Masayoshi Son

I Am People Doing Trying Chase Am

If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.

Mary Roach

Future Body Person Will Way Human

If strong economic conditions can partially reverse supply-side damage after it has occurred, then policymakers may want to aim at being more accommodative during recoveries than would be called for under the traditional view that supply is largely independent of demand.

Janet Yellen

Strong View Want Independent Aim

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

Jarvis Cocker

Music Great Me Great Thing Anybody

I don't understand why, to rise to the level of being president of my country, one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country.

Cindy Sheehan

Love Support Long Rise Country Say

People who know me know that I'm a rabid fan of the Kansas Jayhawks. My quirky habit is that every Kansas game is on my calendar, and, more often than not, I will plan and schedule flights around them so that I can engage and watch. I have already brainwashed my family to be Jayhawks fans.

Brad Garlinghouse

Family Habit People Me Game Plan

I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.

Bobby Flay

Love Memories Childhood Me Eat Up