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Linda Colley Quotes

America's soldiery, like its war dead, comes disproportionately from its southern states and from its aspiring poor - both white and black.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

War Black America White Poor Dead

I would love to do a small indie comedy, like a Wes Anderson movie or, like, an ensemble comedy like 'The Royal Tenenbaums' or 'Little Miss Sunshine.' I like comedies like that, that have a lot of heart and are about family dynamics.

Family Love Heart Sunshine Small

My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain.

John Eisenhower

Working Together Together Brain Talk

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

Cool Someone Street Meet Why See

I know the established Christian theology... I know the enemy, but the enemy doesn't know me. Thus the enemy has already lost the war.

War Me Christian Enemy Lost Know

When you fail at something, the best thing to do is think back to your successes, and try to replicate whatever you did to make them happen.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Best Think You Back Try Whatever

During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.

Power Focus Job Government Window

I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate.

Luis de Guindos

Government Waiting Think Said Will

Optimism is an expectation that good things are going to be plentiful. The wealthy generally have the sense that life will bring good rather than bad outcomes. That doesn't mean they believe that good things will be omnipresent, but that they will outnumber the not-so-good.

Life Good Optimism Good Things Bad

That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

Past Song Process American Pie Out

We'd love to do Space Ace 3D. It has a lot of potential. But, it is really up to the publishers.

Love Space Potential Up Ace Really

I started a publishing company just so I could get the phone numbers of everyone that I'd ever admired.

Phone Numbers Company Everyone Get

We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.

Humor Choices Sense Of Humor Movies

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