Margaret MacMillan Quotes

I've always loved reading diaries and memoirs and just getting a sense of different personalities and what made them tick as individuals.

Margaret MacMillan

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I believe in metaphysics. I don't believe in God because I think that is a human simplification of the things we can't explain. But I believe in a greater universe.

Jochen Zeitz

GodBelieveThinkUniverseI Believe

The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that movie because De Niro never allowed me any room to be crazy. If I had tried to play it the way I would normally play it and get hysterical, Bobby would punch me.

Jerry Lewis

KingMeCrazyComedyPlayWay

People used to think that biological clocks were not only mysterious, they were seen almost as miracles. This is no longer the case.

Jeffrey C. Hall

PeopleThinkMiraclesMysterious

I never view myself as a leader.

Jeff Hardy

LeaderMyselfViewNever

No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.

Tony Dorsett

SchoolChildHigh SchoolParentTrue

Everyone knows, or should know, that everything we type on our computers or say into our cell phones is being disseminated throughout the datasphere. And most of it is recorded and parsed by big data servers. Why do you think Gmail and Facebook are free? You think they're corporate gifts? We pay with our data.

Douglas Rushkoff

FreeComputersThinkDataYouKnow

I've got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.

Colin Farrell

LifeLoveGoodValueMy LifeGot

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.

Brian De Palma

WorkLiveWorldThinkStorytelling

My two biggest lessons learned as a trader are take risks and get comfortable with taking losses and setbacks to help move you forward.

Brandon Stanton

RisksForwardHelpYouSetbacksTwo

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

Bret Easton Ellis

FatherBusinessSportsKnowEveryone

Our government works should be treated fairly and appropriately; they should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.

Bruce Rauner

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The Internet, and Google, and everything that goes along with that is awesome for some things, but not so awesome for other things. Because everything gets leaked nowadays.

Anneliese van der Pol

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