Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

XTC is my favorite band; I'm a huge Neil Young fan, Jayhawks, all that type of stuff. I like Death Cab for Cutie, also Ryan Adams. I try to impress my children: 'Have you listened to such-and-such?' They're not impressed.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 11, 1956

Topics

ChildrenDeathYouYoungImpress

In my dictionary, and everyone's dictionary in the 1970s, the word 'queer' did mean strange and unusual. There was no slur to it.

Joe Wurzelbacher

StrangeMeanEveryoneDictionaryDid

Yeah, it's fun to be somebody you're not, to bring a character to life.

Michael Berryman

LifeCharacterFunYouBringYeah

Bond is fantasy.

Roger Moore

BondFantasy

I never was the story. The story was the story. Period.

Mike Wallace

StoryNeverPeriod

I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of the few who did was my father, and in the theatre, Arthur Nauzyciel.

Lou Doillon

FatherCharacterTheatreStrongKnew

By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life.

Doug Ducey

LifeOpportunityWorking Together

On stage, you have nothing to hide behind. It allows the work to live in a more organic place. It's almost like a meditation. You have to go on that stage and be as present as possible.

Ari Graynor

WorkLivePresentYouHidePlace

The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain.

Timothy Noah

PresidencySudanOughtBombingBlot

RIKEN has attracted numerous outstanding scientists from inside and outside Japan, and these people have achieved creative and outstanding results.

Ryoji Noyori

CreativePeopleResultsOutside

The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a way of acknowledging this and framing its ambitions and interests accordingly. Instead of claiming the right to continuing primacy in east Asia, for example, it should seek to share that primacy with China.

Martin Jacques

PowerEndFindWayRightChina

My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.

Jamie Oliver

MondayYouKnowThursdayFreshOut

The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups.

Eric Schlosser

FearPowerfulBeingBeenReporting

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