Margaret MacMillan Quotes

History can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in. It can also be fascinating, even fun.

Margaret MacMillan

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LiveHistoryFunWorldHelpfulEven

Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

Jenny Zhang

LifeFateMy LifeEarlyDiaryOver

I love Indian food. London also has great Indian food.

Stephen Pagliuca

LoveGreatFoodLondonIndianAlso

I believe there is something going on in a conscious being, which includes many animals, as well as ourselves, that is not a computational activity. And to be conscious at all is not a quality that a computer as such will ever possess - no matter how complicated, no matter how well it plays chess or any of these things.

Roger Penrose

QualityBelieveComplicatedChess

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Ronald Reagan

WorkHard WorkChanceTrueWhyHard

I'm going to defend the right of people to freely gather and discuss whatever they want to.

Matt Bevin

PeopleWantRightDefendWhatever

I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference.

LL Cool J

RapperDifferenceJustEntertainer

I spent a day in a neck brace on a hospital trolley after falling from a horse and cart in Ireland. All the nurses thought I was a traveler, which made me laugh. Who else comes into a hospital saying they've fallen off a horse and cart?

Jasmine Guinness

DayMeSayingThoughtLaughHorse

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

Clint Eastwood

LifeBigImprovisationWholeBeen

I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general.

Bob Kane

I AmWriterFactGeneralKnownAm

I consider myself the queen of pugs of New York City. I'm really into my dogs. Massive pugs, massive needlepoint, massive color!

Brigid Berlin

MyselfQueenNew YorkCityColor

On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

GreatPeopleDoingYouWayThings

It's a balance - sometimes you have to concentrate on your home life, and sometimes you have to concentrate on your work life.

Peggy Johnson

LifeWorkHomeBalanceYouYour

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