Neil MacGregor Quotes

Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't.

Neil MacGregor

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YouTellNarrativeObjectsEverybody

I've kept too busy through the years to stop and take inspiration from anyone.

Jimmy Savile

BusyStopInspirationYearsThrough

In the depth of the near depression, that he faced when he came in, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress provided 'recovery funds' that literally kept our classrooms open. Two years ago, these funds saved nearly 20,000 teacher and education jobs - just here in North Carolina.

Jim Hunt

EducationTeacherDepressionCongress

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.

Meister Eckhart

ManDoorSwingingStillInnerHinge

I'm aware families sit around the telly to watch 'Vera', which is making entertainment out of murder. But I don't enjoy reading about people's pain. I tend to put myself in that position, and it's not somewhere I want to be.

Ann Cleeves

MyselfPainPeopleReadingEnjoy

Organized crime and rogue nation states and terrorists are very much focused on the Internet of things. The challenge that goes with connectivity is always security. The bad guys go wherever the return is, and now it's more lucrative for bad guys to focus on cybercrime than traditional crime.

John T. Chambers

ChallengeFocusInternetSecurityGo

If your job requires that you spend a lot of time communicating with people across organizational boundaries, email is perfect. Email is the lowest common denominator, and it's going to cross organizational boundaries really well.

Stewart Butterfield

TimeJobPeopleYouPerfectEmail

I felt blessed by the existence of Horace Porter's 'Campaigning With Grant.'

Ron Chernow

BlessedExistenceGrantFeltPorter

I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that our state and local elected officials have been given a responsibility by the people who they work for to get to the bottom of this tragedy.

Roy Blunt

WorkResponsibilityDeathPeople

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.

Liz Phair

WomenExperienceBarriersNeedBreak

Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

FatherThinkHurtYouGoSoon

I wasn't ready to be a dog's mother! Trust me, I'm completely unfit and irresponsible. I'm a comic that travels 48 weeks a year, but I make it work, so you can, too.

Lisa Lampanelli

WorkDogMotherTrustMeYear

I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

Chaz Bono

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