David McCullough Quotes

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.

David McCullough

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I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.

Jim Barksdale

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What the mortgage bubble was all about was big banks like Goldman Sachs taking big bundles of subprime mortgages that were lent out largely to low-income, highly risky borrowers, and applying this kind of magic-pixie-dust math to these bundles of securities and slapping AAA ratings on them.

Matt Taibbi

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You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.

Simon Le Bon

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I am sick and tired of an administration that treats Raul Castro and Ayatollah Khamenei better than it treats the prime minister of Israel.

Ron DeSantis

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I sat with myself one day and asked, 'Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic like mine through the door?' And the answer was no.

Rupi Kaur

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When you grow up, people don't speak the truth. You can see, when you trust people, you help them.

Miguel Cabrera

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I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis.

Minnie Pearl

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Van Gogh was impulsive.

Joni Mitchell

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The best gift you can give to a girl is your devotion, not some Louboutins. But buy those if you're busy, for sure.

Diplo

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I can pretty much say all of us know when 'Downton' is going to end. This is a show with a finite life.

Brendan Coyle

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You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

Bruce Lee

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Aristotle

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