Ken Burns Quotes

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America you have to know about the Civil War.

Ken Burns

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I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prosperity, provided (and that is the important point) they are so naturally, by the effectiveness of industry, and not in consequence of an inflated currency or any artificial regulation.

John C. Calhoun

I AmStrongerImportantProsperity

But John Landis wrote a good relationship which is really what the film's about. A very straightforward young woman who's very sure of herself and she meets a young man who needs some taking care of.

Jenny Agutter

GoodRelationshipWomanManCare

The United States needs to stop putting Israel's wants above Palestinian rights.

Maysoon Zayid

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I don't know why I am not offered woman-oriented films. Films like 'Satrangee Re' went house-full at some centres, but I didn't have much to do in the film. Everyone came up to me and said that I looked pretty but nothing beyond that.

Amruta Khanvilkar

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Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction.

Stephen Kinzer

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I love telling teen stories where the characters are experiencing things for the first time - the stakes feel really high.

Stephanie Savage

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He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too.

Stjepan Mesic

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In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.

Deborah Tannen

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I've learned that most of gay America is coupled up, or looking to be. No wonder gay marriage has such traction. So many of us are already in it, so of course we want the legal benefits.

Bruce Vilanch

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At thirteen, I accompanied my mother to the Hawaiian Islands. There, for the first time, I saw the wonder of a steamship and the vastness of the ocean. From that time on, I was eager to acquire the knowledge of the West and to fathom the mysteries of nature.

Sun Yat-sen

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Many people are worried about my mental health. But as I've said many times, we're stronger than we think we are.

Richard Phillips

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All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.

Mario Lemieux

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