Antony Beevor Quotes

Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context.

Antony Beevor

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KnowledgeHistoryPeopleNowMore

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe that there's a flip side to this.

Joe Mantegna

GodBelieveYouSideGoingFlip

In most science-fiction pictures, the black guy is either an engineer or a radio operator, and he is the first guy killed - gone from the movie.

Joe Morton

BlackPicturesFirstRadioGoneGuy

One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

Andrew Scott

ClothesYouActingImportantWear

I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural.

Mel Tillis

BabyRememberYouBackKnowMama

A McDonald's cheeseburger with no mustard is my guilty pleasure.

Matt Hardy

GuiltyMcDonaldPleasureCheeseburger

Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.

Andy Murray

SleepNightHoursNormally

For a lot of comics who aren't as silly or physical but more intellectual, we get looked at as 'alt comics.' No, I'm still a black comic, and there are black people who want to hear my type of black comedy, but that space hasn't been built out for us.

Amanda Seales

SpacePeopleBlackComedySillyOut

I never knew how to do anything before I did it, really.

Spike Jonze

NeverAnythingKnewDidHowBefore

My father was a guy who, because of the businesses he was in - the hotel business, the hospitality business - he didn't differentiate between the waiter serving you dinner, from the maitre d from the guy who owns a restaurant. Everybody was the same to him. He didn't look at who you were. He didn't look at your wallet.

Steve Tisch

FatherBusinessDinnerRestaurant

Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.

Ritchie Blackmore

SpontaneousEverythingTotally

I feel Afghanistan has a very strong social fabric and sense of family... what I would like to do is encourage everybody in the country to appreciate more the role of women at home and outside.

Rula Ghani

FamilyHomeWomenStrongAppreciate

Every thought we think is creating our future.

Louise L. Hay

FutureThinkThoughtCreatingOur

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