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Margaret MacMillan Quotes

Are artists the canaries in the mine, warning of the coming explosion before anyone else? It's hard to look at the world before 1914 and not wonder if they somehow felt a catastrophe was bearing down on them and their societies.

Margaret MacMillan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

World Look Down Wonder Hard Warning

Culture means control over nature.

Johan Huizinga

Nature Culture Control Over Means

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

John Amery

American Numbers Only Arriving

I have a great work ethic - from watching Lucille Ball, not necessarily my own family.

Jenny Lewis

Work Family Great Work Ethic My Own

My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in a white community living in Long Island, N.Y., where no one had a clue what to do with it.

Soledad O'Brien

Girl Journey Community Hair Trying

A low budget is uncomfortable.

Lukas Haas

Budget Uncomfortable Low Low Budget

I never liked sleeping in the dark. I have, like, twinkle stars around my bed, so it's not so bad.

Millie Bobby Brown

Stars Bad Dark Bed Sleeping Never

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Nature Law Legal Human Nature Born

The bohemian artist who exists only for his art, it's a myth. OK, it might have been true for Giacometti, but it certainly wasn't for Picasso or Mozart.

Christoph Waltz

Art Artist True Myth Bohemian Been

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.

Sharon Gless

Think You Play Important Say See

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

Gloria Swanson

Sunset Me Publicity Tour Executives

How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Grateful Finance I Am Law Lord How

You can't test great advertising. You can only test the mediocre. Not that I don't care about demographics. You have to understand who you're going after.

George Lois

Great Advertising Care You Test Who