Norman Davies Quotes

Why does a state last a thousand years? Why not 999? Why not a thousand and one? What are the events that finally bring the whole thing down? That is what I am asking.

Norman Davies

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I AmDownWhyEventsBringAsking

The competition is so fierce once you become an adult. I'll probably move on to something else.

Jodie Sweetin

CompetitionFierceYouMove OnAdult

In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.

Jesse Jackson

HomeDemocracyDiePlanYearBuild

See, I'm totally fearless. I got my chops in the most, like, dangerous comedy atmosphere. If you can make it in New York, you can really do stand-up anywhere.

Maysoon Zayid

New YorkFearlessComedyYouNew

They don't bother too much with the balance and things on blues records.

Maurice Gibb

BalanceBluesToo MuchThingsBother

I'm a performer. I'm pretending to be someone else. I'm not putting my own self into the show every night.

Steve Kazee

NightSelfSomeoneMy OwnPretending

I began wondering, can one really write a biography of an illness? But I found myself thinking of cancer as this character that has lived for 4,000 years, and I wanted to know what was its birth, what is its mind, its personality, its psyche?

Siddhartha Mukherjee

CharacterMyselfPersonalityMind

My mom has a stylist, and she has so many people who help her dress in these really awesome, cool styles. But I do not.

Tosca Musk

DressPeopleCoolMomHelpShe

Wherever we roll, it didn't really matter, chicks would come to me no matter what. Even before anything. But a lot of the time when it doesn't happen, you have more fun anyway, because you can hang out with your boys.

Rob Gronkowski

TimeFunMeYouMatterMore

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

Rosa Parks

DoingYouActingTroubleHumanLike

I'm definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, it's easier to live in New York than in L.A. I feel like people respect other people's space a bit more here.

Mary-Kate Olsen

LiveRespectNew YorkSpacePeople

We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I'd write 'The Calling' as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me.

Michael Redhill

LifeTimeMeReachSomeonePossible

I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well.

Judy Blume

BookThinkPlaceKnowingWithout

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