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Margaret MacMillan Quotes

The 1898 annexation of the Hawaiian Islands merely formally recognized what had long been American domination.

Margaret MacMillan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: canadian
Birth: December 23, 1943

Topics

American Long Been Domination Had

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

Short I Can Know Now Write Fiction

I'm always focused on pieces that have superior cut, and I tend to like color.

Color Focused Always Pieces Superior

Manti Te'o got catfished. It happens.

I can smell a liar like a fart in a lift!

Liar I Can Lift Smell Fart Like

One must be aesthetically long-termist in selecting a man - it's like purchasing a farmhouse in the south of France. Sure, it's beautiful to look at, but will the roof stay on?

Beautiful Man Look Will Roof Stay

If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different.

History Time Light Perspective Me

I don't want to be carried out of a club wearing a tie-dye T-shirt and a cap on the wrong way around when I am 70, but I would like to settle down a bit. Maybe with a partner.

I Am Partner Down Wrong Want Way

Patriarchy appears to be everywhere. Even outer space and the future have been colonized. As a rule, even the more imaginative science-fiction writers (allegedly the most foretelling futurists) cannot/will not create a space and time in which women get far beyond the role of space stewardess.

Women Future Time Space Create More

Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have a dish named after it.

City Musicians Country Canada Even

I put on about 20 pounds to play Washington, and that was really enjoyable. That's probably the most fun I've had preparing for a role. There were only two weeks between 'Sons of Liberty' wrapping and 'Complications' starting, so I had, basically, two weeks to drop 20 pounds, and that was the opposite of fun.

Fun Liberty Play Washington Starting

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

Janis Karpinski

Were Deployed Brigade Joined

The Internet is an actor's best friend.

Friend Best Best Friend Internet

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