Tony Judt Quotes

I believe that if we think back to the period from F.D.R. through, let us say, Bush I, until the end of the Cold War, we lived through an artificial period in which American interests and European interests essentially dovetailed.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WarColdBelieveThinkEndAmerican

If you're one of the only women on a set - if it's you and a bunch of men - you feel like your value doesn't come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you're perceived by the men around you.

Jessica Chastain

WomenMenTalentValueThoughtsYou

You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.

Matthew Walker

BrainBookLongYouBedGo

Political cartoonists get hung up on daily deadlines and the front page. The worst thing you can do is open up the newspaper and ask, 'What's funny about this?'

Jeff MacNelly

FunnyDailyPoliticalYouPageAsk

My readers and my audiences have turned into my followers. They are more than interested in what I have to say in the subjects of sales, loyalty, attitude, networking, business social media, and becoming a trusted advisor.

Jeffrey Gitomer

AttitudeBusinessLoyaltyNetworking

I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them.

Andy Richter

AngryFeelSeasonsThreeWatchFour

My mother's openness has remained inspiring to me. I strive to be a skeptic, in the best sense of that word: I question everything, and yet I'm open to everything. And I don't have immovable beliefs. My values shift and grow with my experiences - and as my context changes, so does what I believe.

Amy Tan

MotherBestMeBelieveGrowValues

My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple.

Masa Takayama

FoodSimpleJobThinkYouHouse

Aging is basically the build-up of error: error at the genetic level, error at the cellular level. Cells normally repair themselves; that's why you heal when you get a cut. But even the mechanism of repair eventually falls apart.

Michio Kaku

AgingYouRepairWhyErrorLevel

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Joshua Reynolds

NatureGreatNeverAnythingMere

I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting.

Jonathan Ive

LoveYearLondonLeftVisiting

Everyday people are not very good designers.

Donald Norman

GoodPeopleDesignEverydayVery

It is our interpretation of the past, our limiting beliefs, and our undigested pain that stop us from being able to move forward with clear direction.

Debbie Ford

PastPainForwardDirectionStopUs

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