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Norman Davies Quotes

Our mental maps are distorted by who are the 'winners' of history and who are the powers of today.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: June 8, 1939

Topics

Today History Winners Maps Mental

I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.

Life Forward Think Doing You Become

I'm the comedic girl next door and a lot of fun.

Girl Fun Door Next Girl Next Door

What I do for Make-A-Wish is I make children and families that are up against some pretty tough circumstances, I let them come into our WWE universe, and I do my best to make them feel good. I've seen a lot of kids and a lot of families happy, and I think people are going to watch 'American Grit' and have emotional moments.

Good Children Best Happy People

For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.

Life Learning Experience Gentleman

Writing by myself in my bedroom is definitely where I feel most creative.

Myself Creative Writing Feel Bedroom

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.

Soren Kierkegaard

Good Great Light Death Bad Become

I love entertaining people; I strive to make them feel good, and they make me feel wonderful. To explain it simply, I like what I do, and my ambition is to get better as I get older. That's really what I'm all about.

Love Good People Me Ambition Better

I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.

Love Time People Me Feel Know

I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it.

Loved Church Sometimes Grandparents

It was really intense for me to start having conversations with God, when according to the man-made laws in my religion - to be homosexual is evil.

God Religion Me Evil Start Laws

I can be inappropriate at times.

Leslie Easterbrook

I Can Inappropriate Times

Sometimes I think of creativity or art as this well that we all draw from.

Leslie Odom, Jr.

Art Creativity Think Sometimes Well

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