Antony Beevor Quotes

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

Antony Beevor

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President-elect Donald Trump says he's looking for a simple plan for defeating ISIS within his first 30 days of taking office. But even as ISIS has suffered setbacks in Iraq and Syria, its violent ideology continues to spread.

John Dickerson

SimpleLookingPlanDonald Trump

It is one thing to open the schools to all children regardless of race. It is another to train the teachers, to build the classrooms, and to attempt to eliminate the effects of past educational deficiencies. It is still another to find ways to feed the incentive to learn and keep children in school.

Robert Kennedy

ChildrenPastSchoolLearnFind

I started out as a box boy. You know, I didn't go to college, and I did well in supermarkets.

Ronald Burkle

CollegeYouGoKnowBoyBox

You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow.

Luigi Pirandello

TodayTomorrowRealityFeelYou

The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.

Jay Kay

YouCrisisThingsJustMid-Life

Technology ventures can succeed with very little investment, unlike many other industries. A lot of the big Internet players like Google or Yahoo were started by a couple of guys with computers. Microsoft was started in Bill Gates' garage.

Jonathan Raymond

TechnologySucceedComputersInternet

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

Douglas Bader

MeAppearanceTopRightLeaveLeg

I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be.

Colin Kaepernick

ParentsMeBlackWhiteNeverJust

In 1983, I set up Caxton Corp. It's been an interesting and happy ride since.

Bruce Kovner

RideHappyInterestingUpBeenSet

Mangalore, the coastal Indian town where I lived until I was almost 16, is now a booming city of malls and call-centres. But, in the 1980s, it was a provincial town in a socialist country.

Aravind Adiga

CityCountryNowLivedWhereAlmost

Woodstock was a business. A very poorly run business.

Shawn Amos

BusinessRunWoodstockVeryPoorly

I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.

Tim Howard

PositiveEyeNegativeThinkBeing

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