H. W. Brands Quotes

With my students, I always have to sell my subject because I know when you're 19, 20 years old, you've got other things on your mind besides American history. What I have to do is make this as compelling as possible.

H. W. Brands

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HistoryMindAmericanYouPossible

It's always been my goal to have backing singers.

John Grant

GoalAlwaysBeenSingersBacking

Other writers know what you're going through, what you're talking about when you write.

Andrew Sean Greer

TalkingYouKnowWriteGoingAbout

I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how to do true rhymes, because that's the tradition of it, but I do think that in order for the art form to grow, it's important to not let tradition get in the way of innovation.

Robert Lopez

InnovationArtThinkGrowTradition

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

Roger Staubach

LifeWorkHard WorkSuccessGood

Cambodia is not only a country of war, but also a country of culture. It's in our DNA.

Rithy Panh

CultureWarCountryDNAOnlyOur

I didn't ask to be short. I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter.

Mickey Rooney

ShortWantMatterAskPretendGuy

As Juan Gabriel, music is my religion, and mariachi is my devotion. And my songs are my prayers.

Juan Gabriel

MusicReligionDevotionPrayersJuan

As an actor, I've always found that my job is not to judge the content in which I've agreed to perform in. What I try to do is just find the truth in every moment that they've written.

David Zayas

TruthMomentJobJudgeFindActor

I liked 'Z Cars' - just hearing the music got me going! 'Coronation Street' was massive in our house. My mum used to say Ena Sharples reminded her of Gran, which she wouldn't have been happy to hear!

Colin Salmon

MusicHappyMeHouseSayStreet

In 1969, we decided we had to do certain things technically to win, and we decided to do them then, even though we knew some of the personnel couldn't do it. In other words, instead of adapting the system to the players, we just installed our system. Then we set out to fill our team through the draft.

Chuck Noll

WordsTeamWinOutThroughSystem

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

PeaceWarPrepareHimWhoDesires

I write about families. That is who we are.

Per Petterson

WriteWhoFamiliesAboutI Write

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