Erik Larson Quotes

If I'd been living in Berlin in 1933-34, could I possibly have foreseen the Holocaust and all the corollary horrors of World War II? And if I had, would I have done anything about it? I also started to wonder: how does a culture slip its moorings?

Erik Larson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CultureWarWorldHolocaustLiving

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

May Sarton

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I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing.

Jeanne Calment

NothingPassionateInterestedAbout

I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.

Michael Chang

PastOpportunitiesThinkYouLook

The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.

Stephen Gardiner

ForwardBackGoExploreOrderAgain

Even I would find a book about my life pretty dull.

Simon Hoggart

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If you can't make 40% on your money in Russia, you're a fool.

Simon Reuben

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Think of Virginia Woolf, 'A Room of One's Own' - that's what women have always needed under patriarchy and can't be creative without. They took away my classroom and my status to teach, and now they have taken away my office, and all of it is giving the message that Virginia Woolf and I are losing what I call 'womenspace.'

Mary Daly

WomenCreativeLosingThinkGiving

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

Mireille Guiliano

WorkHard WorkGoodCultureSmart

I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

ThinkWrongHollywoodNothingMean

Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never do, and still to this day players can't do those things, so the honors that he's had are definitely deserved.

Dominique Wilkins

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I knew Mrs. Liberace. Lee and I were great friends. I know the whole inside story.

Debbie Reynolds

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Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable.

Bobby Bragan

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