Robert Darnton Quotes

People think that when you use Google you're finding exactly what you need, but really, you need expert help.

Robert Darnton

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PeopleThinkHelpFindingYouNeed

Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.

John Burroughs

LifeI AmCityThoughtSometimes

Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers.

Max Keiser

DemocracyControlAwayShiftBankers

It's harder to get your second picture than it is to get your first one.

John Knoll

PictureFirstGetYourSecondThan

I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.

Robert Sheckley

StoryThreeWriteFinishOutFive

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

Jeanette Winterson

ArtPeopleLuxuryWhyUnderstand

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

Amar Bose

AgeViolinHadStudied

I think I'll always be a better playwright than a pundit, but I believe that writers should be public intellectuals and that theater, even more than film, is a place of public debate.

Tony Kushner

BelieveThinkBetterDebatePlace

Once the words of a book appear onscreen, they are no longer simply themselves; they have become a part of something else. They now occupy the same space, not only as every other digital text, but as every other medium, too.

Tom Chatfield

WordsSpaceBookNowBecomeDigital

I was the youngest producer of a national television show when I was twenty-five. I took it to 182 markets. Tremendous success.

Roger Ailes

SuccessTelevisionProducerShow

The American people gave us a new majority in 2014.

Mitch McConnell

PeopleAmericanNewUsMajority

I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

Louise Penny

ThinkCareEnoughAwardSuccessful

I can outbox Anthony Joshua.

Joseph Parker

I Can

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