Kate Williams Quotes

As historians, we spend days in archives, gazing at account books. We train would-be historians in the arts of deciphering letters and documents, early Latin, scribal handwriting, medieval French.

Kate Williams

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EarlyTrainLettersHandwritingDays

I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.

John Lydon

PeopleInternetProblemYouLying

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

John James Audubon

GoodBlessingMe

I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes.

Stephen Colbert

MeYouOpenJokesRingsCount

In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to provide one. Believe me, nothing says 'I'm the best person for this job' quite like asking an employer to pay to interview you.

Stella Young

BestJobMeBelieveYouPerson

One of the toughest things for leaders to master is kindness. Kindness shares credit and offers enthusiastic praise for others' work. It's a balancing act between being genuinely kind and not looking weak.

Travis Bradberry

WorkKindnessLookingCreditKind

Playing in New York is special to me because you are surrounded by so many communities and a strong Latin community, including the Washington Heights neighborhood. I come to Washington Heights for real Dominican food that reminds me of my hometown, and it's a great place to visit.

Robinson Cano

CommunityGreatFoodNew YorkMe

I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don't already agree with him.

Mohsin Hamid

PeopleWinningArtistWantHimOver

If there were a bunch of Buddhist or Hindus or Roman Catholics carrying out grotesque acts of international terror, I would expect to see their faces on the side of bus.

Monica Crowley

SeeOutBusSideExpectFaces

With 'Dawson's Creek,' I wasn't a fan of '90210,' and that wasn't particularly my genre of show. 'Fringe,' on the other hand, is right up my alley.

Joshua Jackson

HandRightUpCreekShowAlley

If I have a pocket, then I'll have lip balm, my keys, and $10 cash.

Debra Messing

CashKeysLipBalmPocketThen

People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it.

Debra Winger

MoneyPeopleShut UpUpJustShut

Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving.

Deborah Moggach

FreeThinkingDrivingStreetWay

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