Eric Hobsbawm Quotes

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

Eric Hobsbawm

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PatriotismAmericanWrongGroupLike

I can remember standing in a W.P.A. line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper.

Jerry Buss

ChocolateRememberWhiteI CanMilk

This is America, where everything is still possible.

John Edwards

AmericaPossibleEverythingWhere

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

John Keats

LoveI Love YouRomanticMeBelieve

I need to hold onto my soul and my integrity, and I can't compromise that.

Megan Fox

IntegritySoulCompromiseMy Soul

For some reason, the movies in the '40s have the best personalities: Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, and all those people. For some reason, I seem to gravitate more toward the '40s, and I don't necessarily know why. I just love the people.

Robert Osborne

LoveBestPeopleKnowMoviesWhy

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

Robert Hall

AuthorityWhateverMankindCustom

The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.

Matt Drudge

PowerGovernmentMediaRawPasses

One of the most extraordinary and all-encompassing forms of communication is music. It reaches places that all kinds of other things cannot reach. I'll put my cards on the table: I think it is our greatest language.

Simon Rattle

CommunicationMusicThinkLanguage

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

Shirley Knight

GoodNew YorkRichFamousGoalNew

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.

Michel Martelly

PeopleSingingKeepCloseThem

You have to make peace with life.

Cheryl Ladd

LifePeaceYouMake

I think everyone has shame about something, whether it's a lack of a relationship with a child or maybe their weight or a lack of communication within their marriage. Everyone can relate to that because we all have something that we're like, 'God, I can work on that,' or, 'I wish I was better at doing this.'

Chrissy Metz

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