The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
James Anthony Froude
Recitation: by Male by Female
Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this happens to me a lot, actually - the melancholy of the situation becomes more front and center.
Mike White
FunnyMeYouSituationSometimes
The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.
Michelle Gagnon
LookingBookNewNeverExistenceUp
My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn't sustain us.
Michelle Obama
DayIceIce CreamEvery DayEatUs
Anytime that me and the guys go out on the road, it's fun to step away from the craziness of what it is we do. I just enjoy that time being outside with my buddies.
Luke Combs
TimeFunStepMeRoadEnjoy
I never want to repeat myself. I can't imagine anything else as upsetting as realizing I'm redoing something I did before. For some reason, when it comes to film, I'm very good at not repeating myself. Even though in the rest of my life, I'm constantly repeating my mistakes.
Doug Liman
LifeGoodMyselfMistakesRestWant
If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's necessary. War is necessary.
Brian Azzarello
FightWarYouKnowNeverMilitary
My beautiful, selfless sister Manuela Testolini-Benet continues to inspire me to be a better woman. Always thinking of others, always doing God's work.
Apollonia Kotero
WorkGodBeautifulWomanMeSister
I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
William Westmoreland
ThinkLovedBeenI ThinkRespected
To me, the drive for monumentality is as inbred as the desire for food and sex, regardless of how we denigrate it. Monuments differ in different periods. Each age has its own.
Philip Johnson
AgeFoodMeDriveSexDesire
If you're going down the street and you're going the wrong way, remember - God permits U-turns.
Suze Orman
GodRememberYouDownWrongStreet
Tell it like it is.
Peter Pace
TellLike
The rise of the iPod meant that digital music became the norm, It's sad, but you can still find the real stuff out there if you look for it!
Peter Hook
MusicSadYouLookFindRise
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