Rick Atkinson Quotes

There are a number of World War II historians I admire: Cornelius Ryan, Mark Stoler, Antony Beevor, to name a few. As for generals, there are those I admire as combat leaders and others I admire because they're great fun to write about.

Rick Atkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 16, 1952

Topics

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The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror.

Jill Lepore

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Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

John Maynard Keynes

OthersInvestingSuccessful

The beauty of open-source is that you can pick up right where someone left off and start right there.

Matt Mullenweg

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I would be surprised if my girls ended up as women without grit. I really would.

Angela Duckworth

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There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times?'

Jeb Bush

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The minute you see a guy doing one of those Naomi Campbell catwalk-action kind of things, it falls apart. A lot of hips and the scissor walk? No! Men always need to be men.

Michael Bastian

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'Entertainment Tonight' would send me out to do interviews with musicians like Sting and Coldplay, and I was able to watch how they plan their shows. The late Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead always had a game plan, but he also was flexible if he had to change something at the last minute.

John Tesh

ChangeGratefulMeGameMusicians

I always try to have a vacation.

Sophia Loren

VacationTryAlways

I would take William H. Macy as a teacher any day of the week. He's incredible. He's got a lot of hard-earned experience.

Skeet Ulrich

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The United States will remain one of the most important markets for VW.

Martin Winterkorn

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I hope there are 10 sequels to the 'Guardians' movie!

Michael Rooker

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Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.

Janice Dickinson

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