Tony Judt Quotes

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 2, 1948 - August 6, 2010

Topics

HistoryWritingReadingStrangeSaw

I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.

Joe DiMaggio

GoodMeLordLikeMakingYankee

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

Ambrose Bierce

AmericanAlienStateHisSovereign

At Tottenham Hotspur, we can share the pressure, but on the South Korea team, some of the players have more pressure than others.

Son Heung-min

TeamPressureOthersMoreShare

Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat, and it was decided that I should have my tonsils removed and adenoids scraped at the same time.

Roger Moore

LifeGreatTimeEarlySameRole

Not all the coal that is dug warms the world.

Mary Harris Jones

WorldCoalDug

You build a program; culture is what makes it go. You have to invest in that culture every single day, and that's my big-picture focus.

Mike McCarthy

CultureFocusDayYouGoBuild

I've got, like, too many things that I'd like to try and do, so I'm trying to figure out where the natural pull is strongest.

Lucia Micarelli

TryingTryOutThingsNaturalWhere

I think a lot of people who are child actors - it's a weird thing.

Lorelei Linklater

ChildPeopleThinkWeirdWhoThing

I have one good girlfriend and then most of my friends are guys. Which I love, because they're just like so easygoing and I love to play like Xbox and just chill out when I'm not working, so boys are probably the way to go for me.

Ashley Benson

LoveGoodMeChillFriendsPlay

At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.' But I have had the satisfaction of being invited to work in societies making progressive efforts without wavering. They were changing, and so they called on me.

Paulo Freire

WorkEducationMePlaceSatisfaction

Growth is what solves most of the big economic and social problems: poverty, government deficits, quality of life, rising healthcare and retirement costs.

Sergio Ermotti

LifeGrowthQualityGovernmentBig

My youngest son has a very clear idea of what he wants to be when he grows up: he wants to be Indiana Jones, Batman and Jack Sparrow. Yes, all three at the same time. So he basically wants to be an archaeologist who wears tights and fights crimes on pirate ships. That's pretty cool, huh?

Rhys Darby

SonTimeCoolThreeSamePirate

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