Margaret MacMillan Quotes

The trouble with the First World War, for example, is that people think war was inevitable, but I don't agree. If you look at the Cold War, you could argue that a war was bound to happen between the Soviet Union and its allies and the United States and its allies, but it didn't.

Margaret MacMillan

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WarPeopleWorldColdThinkLook

Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts are that parenting is very personal. And we all feel enormous insecurity about parenting. What are they going to think of us 20 years down the line?

Amy Chua

SuccessHappinessParentingBalance

There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's brains out. I'm a crook.

Ronald Biggs

DifferenceOutBrainsGuySteal

All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or pieces of music or books have changed that. They've taken me out of a dark place and put me into a more positive one. And I think that if we can do that for people, then it's certainly worth doing.

Rupert Friend

LifePositiveMusicTimePeopleMe

I always love to do my own stunts when they let me, right?

Lucas Till

LoveMeMy OwnRightAlwaysOwn

Some people would ask: 'You are not the one who does the painting, or shot the work, how can it be your work?' But I was the one who chose which site we should use, and which assistant helps me to do the painting, or the shot.

Liu Bolin

WorkPeopleMePaintingYouAsk

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Christian Nestell Bovee

GreatBurdenBearLastPleasures

A lot of the songs are very rock-oriented. My voice makes them country, and a lot of people think that is a strange combination... I think it creates something different and unique.

Aubrie Sellers

PeopleVoiceThinkUniqueCountry

To score points, you need a lot of consistent effort over the course of the game. If you're throwing it or running it in, it's not a big difference in terms of the score at all, obviously. But turnovers limit your scoring. That's the problem with turnovers.

Tom Brady

EffortGameProblemYouNeedLimit

The telephone is a 100-year-old technology. It's time for a change. Charging for phone calls is something you did last century.

Niklas Zennstrom

ChangeTechnologyTimeYouPhone

I've always been interested in what passes for what we call religion, what other cultures call their spiritual life.

Mark Frost

LifeReligionSpiritualCultures

When people look back at my career, I want them to see a fierce competitor, but more importantly, I want to be remembered for my consistency of character and the legacy I hope to leave through my First Things First Foundation.

Kurt Warner

CharacterHopePeopleConsistency

I've been a nerd my whole life.

Kyle

LifeWholeBeenNerd

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