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David Herbert Donald Quotes

And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

David Herbert Donald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: October 1, 1920 - May 17, 2009

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To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

Michael Caine

Character Self Three Difficult Two

My preparation for roles are less about the character's profession than who they are, what their dreams are, and in what way are they childish.

Stellan Skarsgard

Dreams Character Preparation Way Who

I was inspired by the Hole in the Wall project, where a computer with an internet connection was put in a Delhi slum. When the slum was revisited after a month, the children of that slum had learned how to use the worldwide web.

Sugata Mitra

Children Internet Connection Wall

As an actor, some of the most fun days I've had on set have involved shooting blanks all day - or better yet, on a micro-budget indie shoot in Texas, shooting live ammo. I feel guilty admitting this, but make-believe beating a man half to death for nine hours can also be strangely satisfying and, dare I say, good fun.

Trieste Kelly Dunn

Good Live Day Death Man Fun

As a CEO, I had significant exposure to private equity, enough that I had in no way bought into the media's caricature: rapacious privateers who destroy companies.

Ron Williams

Enough Media Way Equity Destroy CEO

I am a woman of many talents and they're all just pieces of the puzzle that make me and make my career.

Michelle Phillips

Woman I Am Me Puzzle Career Talents

Music is nothing but a door opener to meet families and their children and the elderly.

Dick Dale

Music Children Door Meet Nothing

I'm an actor and this is a role I'm playing. But people can get wacky.

Dean Cain

People Actor Playing Wacky Get Role

The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.

Christopher Lasch

Family Three System Seen Last Wage

I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I had an only-child, live-in-my-head personality.

Ari Graynor

Alone Personality Being Alone Friends

New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker.

Anthony Weiner

School New York Lost New Old School

I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent.

Willie Aames

Great People Think Feel Walking