Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

It is impossible to say when 37-year-old Benedict Arnold first met 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, but we do know that on September 25, 1778, he wrote her a love letter - much of it an exact copy of one he'd sent to another woman six months before. But if the overheated rhetoric was recycled, Arnold's passion was genuine.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.

Jerry Saltz

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At the most base level, what an actor represents to the film industry is an investment. Depending on the risk profile, an investor needs 1,000 reasons to commit and one reason not to. That means you've got to do more work on your own, and that the machine is not going to necessarily do the blocking for you. The machine rarely accepted my code.

Jeffrey Wright

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Talking to the press is not always good.

John Dickerson

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I don't like to be afraid. I'm afraid every day, all the time.

Melissa Auf der Maur

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I love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering.

Melissa McCarthy

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No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

Michael Gove

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But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action.

Joshua Chamberlain

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I loved acting, I started as a child and it is interesting because I didn't compare myself to others that were doing the same thing. I just felt that I needed to stay focused and stay out of trouble.

Diane Lane

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Passivity is the same as defending injustice.

Deepak Chopra

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There isn't anyone in my life who is going to get upset about how much travelling I have to do or whether or not I'm available for drinks that night.

Brie Larson

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There are two questions that you ask yourself as a writer, and one of them is, 'But why?' The question that takes the book forward is, 'What if? What if x y or z happened? How would those characters react?'

Penny Jordan

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There's a lot of us idiot actors that get tattoos and they cover them with makeup when you do a film.

Seann William Scott

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