Antony Beevor Quotes

The temptation in any approaching crisis or conflict is, because people haven't got a clue what lies ahead, they're always searching into the past for some sort of pattern ... to galvanise the nation or their supporters and put themselves on a pedestal to sound Churchillian or Rooseveltian.

Antony Beevor

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We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win the boardwalk basketball game.

Melissa Rauch

BasketballWinStartGameThink

Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don't.

John Patrick Shanley

MusicYouBodyBurnYour BodyYour

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

John Keats

ExperienceNothingRealTillEver

The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream.

Robert Reich

WorkHard WorkFaithAmerican Dream

My design philosophy is to make women feel like peacocks.

Matthew Williamson

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I started 'The Rainmaker' in August 1996, and I've been working consistently ever since. It's not like I had some grand plan; I keep getting offered jobs so good I can't say no.

Matt Damon

GoodPlanSayStartedWorkingBeen

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Jean Rostand

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The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago.

Rob Pike

ProcessGenerationBetterFeelThan

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.

Robin Williams

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I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

Michael W. Smith

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The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.

Michael Schumacher

MyselfDriveEnjoyI CanMore

During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.

Dionne Warwick

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