Tony Judt Quotes

American social arrangements, economic arrangements, the degree of inequality in American life, the relatively small role played by the government in American public life and so forth, compares to exactly the opposite conditions in most of the European societies.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGovernmentSmallAmericanRole

Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.

Joel McHale

WorkWork HardYouFollowHardHead

Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.

Andrew Mason

ChangeTimeChange The WorldWorld

There are certain things that I might not watch, and, in fact, some things that I've done I don't watch because it's not my cup of tea, I guess.

Melanie Scrofano

TeaDoneThingsWatchCupBecause

There are two main methodologies of open source development. There's the Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. That's what Ubuntu is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth.

Matt Mullenweg

GreatDesignDoingYouDevelopment

I think intimacy is the last taboo in many ways.

Sonya Walger

ThinkIntimacyLastI ThinkMany

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Steven Pressfield

TechnologySelf-DisciplineSkills

I've always thought abstractly - through theme and variations rather than narrative.

Robert Wilson

ThoughtAlwaysThemeThroughRather

Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can't talk back.

Robert Winston

ChildrenParentsBackTalkEven

The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability Fund. They have discussed and approved the European Stability Mechanism.

Christine Lagarde

TogetherFinancialDoubtLandscape

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

Bob Edwards

GrandmotherListenUsedSoapOperas

I hope that a lot of my mother's talents are shown in a lot of the work that I do.

Prince Harry

WorkMotherHopeTalentsI Hope That

I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew I wanted to do it, and that intention got me there and kept me there.

Susanna Thompson

CollegeMeIntentionActorAlways

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