Margaret MacMillan Quotes

History belongs to everyone. I don't think you have to give up scholarly standards. But I also don't think you want to write something that is impenetrable. You try as hard as you can to be readable.

Margaret MacMillan

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In 1828 we raised the duties, on an average, to nearly fifty per cent, when the debt was on the eve of being discharged, and thereby flooded the country with a revenue, when discharged, which could not be absorbed by the most lavish expenditures.

John C. Calhoun

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In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.

Joel Kinnaman

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Who'd have thought that living life like a dime store floozy throughout your formative years could negatively affect your decision-making ability or long-term, future relationships?

Steven Crowder

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I don't want to make videos where people are always happy and they're agreeing. It's boring! Do something where people can talk about it.

Michelle Phan

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My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

Jayne Meadows

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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.

Doris Lessing

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If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment.

Douglas Booth

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Let deeds match words.

Plautus

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People complain that joking about serious subjects is 'making light' of them. Isn't that a good idea? Comedy lets the air out of the bully's tires.

Peter Baynham

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At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior.

Kris Carr

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Anyone who knows gangs knows that lawmakers cannot conceive of a law that would lead a hard-core gang member to 'think twice.'

Greg Boyle

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Eating processed foods will prevent you from losing weight and shedding fat.

David Kirsch

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