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Margaret MacMillan Quotes

A lot of my father's family in Canada volunteered in the First World War because they saw it as a war that was defending the mother country.

Margaret MacMillan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Family Father Mother War World Saw

As a physician and a U.S. senator, I have warned since the very beginning about many troubling aspects of Mr. Obama's unprecedented health-insurance mandate. Not only does he believe he can order you to buy insurance, the president also incorrectly equates health insurance coverage with medical care.

Health Beginning Medical Believe You

I'm aware of what's missing from my life.

Life My Life Missing Aware

I haven't played a lot of nice guys.

Michael Douglas

Nice Nice Guys Played Guys Lot

I'm a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kay's geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap.

Science Wrong Earth Student Drift

I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community.

Community Museums Up Where Religious

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Training Gym Go Personal Yoga

When what you do is play characters every day, all day, I wasn't really interested in playing a pop star on the weekends.

Day You Every Day Play Weekends Pop

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.

Love Time Wish I Wish Need Working

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.

Age Pain Feel Judge You New

I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It's been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.

Maria Sharapova

Back Transition Young Run Swing Try

You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way.

You Look Things Happen Say Will Way

School taught me how to do a 9-5 job rather than be a person who wants to start a business.

Business Job School Me Start Person

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