Ken Burns Quotes

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.

Ken Burns

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All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

John Hodgman

SportsMeSocietyI CanStopWhy

I have nothing left but my integrity.

Jeannette Rankin

IntegrityNothingLeft

I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I'm bad, I stink. There's something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I'm good. I'm not all that good.

Steve McQueen

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Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.

Mary Garden

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They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press.

Louise Jameson

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When Sinead O'Connor tore up the picture of the Pope, you could hear a pin drop. I didn't know it was coming, obviously, because at dress, she had held up a picture of Balkan orphans, which I thought was really meaningful and what she wanted to do.

Lorne Michaels

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I come from a Hasidic background; I am only one generation removed.

Jason Fuchs

I AmGenerationBackgroundComeOnly

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.

Josephine de La Baume

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My parents were kind of like me in that they had tons and tons of weird, amazing stuff.

Jaron Lanier

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I love it, man; I'm 23 years old and I'm lucky enough to write movies as a job! I just feel really blessed and can't believe it's happening.

Jonah Hill

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I know how music makes me feel; I know how it affects my life.

Cole Swindell

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When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

Arlen Specter

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