Erik Larson Quotes

Room 40 knew a U-boat was heading south to Liverpool - knew the boat's history; knew that it was now somewhere in the North Atlantic under orders to sink troop transports and any other British vessel it encountered; and knew as well that the submarine was armed with enough shells and torpedoes to sink a dozen ships.

Erik Larson

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 3, 1954

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It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.

Mel Gibson

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I'm an author whose strength is in gag-writing.

Jeff Kinney

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I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.

Amanda Hearst

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I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you.

Sophia Amoruso

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The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98; but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others.

Simon Greenleaf

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Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.

Robert Brady

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My career has been very strange. My career is like a heart monitor. I get involved in a good project now and then to keep things going. And then I make things that I work on that I hope are going to be good so I can make a living and keep a roof over the heads of those little monsters I have in my house.

Michael Madsen

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If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

Joyce Meyer

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The piano has disappeared from working-class family life, which is a shame. It's associated with the middle classes now. Everyone in my family sang and played piano, but my parents were delighted and amazed when I became the first professional performer in the family - apart from a clog-dancer way back.

Jools Holland

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If it weren't for The Groundlings, I would never be on Saturday Night Live.

Chris Kattan

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I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.

Chris Pine

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When I kept a diary, I realised that it was all moanings and depression, and I think that is quite common.

Claire Tomalin

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