Robert Darnton Quotes

When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high school. But history can be exciting, intellectually rigorous, and fun.

Robert Darnton

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HistorySchoolFunPeopleYouHigh

Sixteen years as a freelance features journalist taught me that neither the absence of 'the Muse' nor the presence of 'the block' should be allowed to hinder the orderly progress of a book.

Jim Crace

ProgressMeBookMusePresence

With each book, I'm trying to do something that terrifies me.

Andrew Sean Greer

MeBookTryingSomethingEach

How do we make a record that's true to the vibe of the band but still maintain the pace of moving forward and doing something fresh?

Andy Biersack

Moving ForwardMovingForwardDoing

With PayPal, you have to send people over to their website... whereas with Stripe, we offer a way to integrate payments into the website, on the website or into a mobile app. That is what all the best businesses care about, so we make it very easy, very fast, very simple and very cheap to do this.

John Collison

BestSimplePeopleCareEasyYou

As a little girl, I got to meet Audrey Hepburn, who took my face in her hands and suddenly make me want to be an actress.

Stephanie Zimbalist

GirlMeFaceHandsWantMeet

I just work hard at everything I do. If there's something I need to learn, I stick to it, I learn it and put everything I have toward it.

Stipe Miocic

WorkWork HardLearnNeedHardJust

I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy.

Sigourney Weaver

MeNameNowTallEveryoneHappened

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

Roger Ebert

EyesLongYouLookCitizenTake

Calamari isn't too bad. That's what I thought cuttlefish was gonna be that. I've eaten octopus and eel and shark and sea urchin before, and - and those are good.

RJ Cyler

GoodSeaThoughtBadSharkOctopus

Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.

Delta Burke

WorkPeopleComingFilmBecauseGet

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.

Chick Hearn

WorkLoveMeFreeTellBosses

I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.

Christopher Guest

TimeChildMeGrowing UpMeaning

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