Linda Colley Quotes

The American revolution not only cost Britain the 13 colonies but also forced it to rethink the slave trade and slavery, and influenced its power relations in Asia and the Pacific.

Linda Colley

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PowerSlaveryRevolutionAmerican

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Jesse Ventura

PatriotismCitizenFlagPatriotMore

While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.

Andrew Vachss

ChildhoodEvilEndEarlyChoiceMay

My mother is Bermudan, so I had a lot of memories when I was a kid, used to go down to Bermuda a lot.

Michael Douglas

MotherMemoriesDownGoKidUsed

Suffering is a kind of ecstasy in a way. Having pain all the time makes me terribly, terribly grateful for every moment I've got.

John Tavener

TimeMomentGratefulPainSuffering

Of course I remember everything I've ever worn.

Mary Quant

RememberEverythingCourseI Remember

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

Luke Evans

BestThinkLoseTemperI Think

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

Joss Whedon

ChildrenTimeEndDoingAttention

I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the set, and sometimes you haven't even met the other actor, or the woman who's playing your wife, and you're suddenly in bed with them.'

David Thewlis

WifeWomanDoingYouBedSometimes

When I write music, I know a lot of artists like Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran tend to write from personal experience. I write from personal experience, of course, but I don't limit myself to that.

Christina Grimmie

MusicMyselfExperiencePersonal

You've got to be able to let things roll off your back, and you've got to have some patience.

Brooks Koepka

PatienceYouBackThingsRollOff

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!

Arianna Huffington

MomThinkGuiltFeelingsWorking

When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.

Phillip Lim

FlowerMountainPeopleThinkYou

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