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Linda Colley Quotes

Like the proverbial elephant in the room, American anti-Europeanism has loomed large for so long that few trouble to notice it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: September 13, 1949

Topics

Elephant American Long Trouble Room

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

Today War Television More See Thing

When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.

Anderson Cooper

Time Me Plan Always Gone Long-Term

A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.

John O. Brennan

Good Football You Look Play Need

Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed.

Media Say Need Through Noise Break

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

Good Listening Story Busy Listen He

In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families... A struggle without casualties is no struggle.

Change Struggle Lose Security Take

I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

Car Responsibility Wheel Drink Knew

I can't choose a favorite musician, because I love music so much that whatever/whomever I'm listening to at that moment is my favorite.

Michelle Carter

Love Music Moment Listening Choose

I want big ideas to have aesthetic relevance. I want to tickle people's intellectual sensibilities and instill a sense of wonder.

People Ideas Aesthetic Wonder Want

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.

Friends Up Revelation Interest Been

One of my core values is diversity of everything.

Diversity Values Everything Core

I have come across both inspiring teachers of history and deplorable ones over the years, so one cannot generalise, except perhaps to observe that the profession seems to encourage anti-militarist sentiments.

History Teachers Over Years Seems

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