H. W. Brands Quotes

The president was not the most important political player in the 19th century. Besides Jefferson at the beginning, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, the center of politics was Congress.

H. W. Brands

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PoliticsBeginningPoliticalCongress

Apparently, all I do is walk my dogs. In L.A., I have more of a yard existence, and so I enjoy walking my two little dogs in New York - one's a Maltese and the other's a Shih Tzu.

Jim Parsons

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I moved south when I was 11 years old, moved to England. I've lived in all kinds of places, all parts of England.

John Burnside

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The attraction in this city is money, from gambling. What you are if you work here is a shill.

Joe Williams

WorkMoneyCityGamblingYouHere

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

Anish Kapoor

YouBadReviewTakeGetYour

I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making $280 a week covering the police.

John Pomfret

PoliceSmallWeekBackNewspaper

In 1975, which was the height of the women's movement, I thought I'd write a book on women's history. But in searching for a topic, I realized that there were few places in history where men and women interacted. Finally, it hit me: 'Oh, look at the family. That's the one place.'

Stephanie Coontz

FamilyWomenHistoryMenMeBook

I think child stars have a leg up, actually, because they have an innate sense of what creative problem solving is all about. But to make a life out of it, you have to be ready to take on project after project. You have to like the action.

Ron Howard

LifeStarsCreativeChildAction

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

Martin Seligman

SuccessKeep GoingTalentFaceGoing

The whole 'grunge-girl' comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.

Mitski

MusicAppreciateOutWholePick

I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet.

Dr. Dre

MyselfToiletSeeAnythingCome

It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.

Chesley Sullenberger

HopeJobPeopleFaceSeriouslyTake

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

Anthony Eden

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