Norman Davies Quotes

History is very much bound up in family experience.

Norman Davies

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FamilyHistoryExperienceUpMuch

I only travel to good material, a good director and a good company. I won't work in another country for a year any longer, because I have a lovely wife and I adore her and I can't bear to be away from her.

Jim Dale

WorkGoodWifeTravelGood Company

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.

Jill McCorkle

QualityStoryFeelYouWantReal

People have very difficult lives. We can judge them for making the wrong decisions, but if you look harder and understand that these lives can be difficult, hopefully you're at least a bit more sympathetic to the decisions these people have to make.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleDecisionsJudgeYouLook

It's not mere extremism that makes folks at the fringes so troubling; it's extremism wedded to false beliefs. Humans have long been dupes, easily gulled by rumors and flat-out lies.

Jeffrey Kluger

LongRumorsFalseBeliefsBeenLies

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

John Shirley

PeopleAliveMoreNakedNormalEven

I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques.

Stewart Copeland

MyselfDuplicateRatherOurAnother

I think people are looking for an alternative to the fast pace of everyday life and entertainment.

Robert Wilson

LifePeopleLookingThinkFastPace

I want to prove to other people that I have something in my mind and intellectual qualities, not just the ability to play football.

Romelu Lukaku

FootballPeopleMindPlayWantJust

I saw a production of 'Titus Andronicus' at the Royal Shakespeare Company with Brian Cox back in 1987. That sort of rocked my world. It was a remarkable production in its simplicity and its realism and passion.

Michael Stuhlbarg

CareerLos AngelesFortuneFilmSure

I always think that my assignment is to seek out stories that are experienced by people who don't get the ticket for Easy Street.

Debra Granik

PeopleThinkEasyStreetAlwaysOut

If we can reach populations in developing countries and help them understand the value of their indigenous diet and lifestyles rather than copying ours, perhaps we can reverse the exponential rise in cardiovascular disease that is plaguing them.

Dean Ornish

ValueReachDietHelpRiseDisease

If they keep playing us on country radio and we get to keep doing cool stuff like playing with Willie Nelson, that's great.

Coy Bowles

GreatCoolDoingCountryRadioUs

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