Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

Unfortunately, we have a tendency to see figures from the past as caricatures - either all good or all bad - when the truth is always much more complex.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm a seriously flawed individual, but I guess everybody is.

John Grant

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I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.

Maxine Peake

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If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

Studs Terkel

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I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.

Tony Hawk

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I don't follow brands religiously, but there are certain brands I feel comfortable wearing, like H&M and Zara.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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We leap to conclusions and remember those conclusions as fact. We react on our own prejudices but don't always recognize them as such.

Ruth Ware

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The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region.

Jason Isbell

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Everybody's got their poison, and mine is sugar.

Derrick Rose

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I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.

Chris Hemsworth

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Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

Christoph Waltz

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Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

Clint Eastwood

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Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade.

Arancha Gonzalez

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