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Robert Darnton Quotes

The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: May 10, 1939

Topics

History Time Early Hard Profession

Old beach houses sometimes don't have TVs, or you don't get cellphone reception.

Beach You Sometimes Old Get Houses

I want to retire from boxing by the time I am 25 or 26 and be a legend by that age.

Age Time I Am Legend Boxing Want

When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of meditation into the day, and if done in company, it allows space for some really good conversation.

Work Good Home Alone Walk Day

When I met T-Boz and Left Eye, they were buying jeans that were a size 38. Three little cute girls dressed like boys was cool back then. Our style was cartoonish but fly at the same time.

Time Style Cute Cool Fly Eye

A lot can change in the editing room.

Change Editing Room Lot Editing Room

Now some are saying maybe $1.6 trillion in is not enough maybe we should look at $2 trillion.

Saying Enough Look Now Some Should

The law is only our best approximation of justice, and the law needs constant revision.

Justice Best Law Revision Only Our

I've broken probably every major bone in my body.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Broken Body Bone Every Major

We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.

Good Community Time Important Say

I would really love to sit with Kathryn Hepburn because I find her so interesting.

Love Interesting Find Sit Her Would

There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard.

Clarence Thomas

Life Survive Someone You Hard Lived

Television is an isolating experience, sadly enough. I'm sorry to say it. But as good as it ever gets, it's still isolating. You sit in your home and visit with no one.

Good Home Experience Sorry Enough

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