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H. W. Brands Quotes

When you tell a story, there are imperatives of structure, of style, of pacing and all of this, that are there simply because you want to make it a good story. When do you introduce your characters? When do you put them onstage, when do you take them off the stage? How do you weave the different threads of the narrative together?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: August 7, 1953

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Good Style Together Story You Want

One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever took his sister's likeness.

Me Sister Face Always One Thing His

Physically, no one would ever consider me for the serial-killer lady.

Jennifer Coolidge

Me Lady Would Ever Physically

There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.

Music American Always English Shift

This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.

Women Day Men War Brave Fighting

I don't ever remember wanting to do anything but coach. My dad obviously influenced me. But it wasn't because he sat there and drilled coaching stuff into our heads. We were on the bench keeping the scorebook and traveling with the team on weekends. It was such a great upbringing.

Great Me Team Remember Coaching

I think America is less safe on a lot fronts, and I disagree with the release of the information from Dianne Feinstein. I think she's as much a traitor to this country at this point as I thought about Edward Snowden and his release of information about other investigations and abilities from an intelligence standpoint.

Intelligence Think Thought America

Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something.

Character People Random Doing You

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

Business Difference Monopoly Share

Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guaranteed pension.

Plan Stock Market Market Idea Your

Alaskans need some certainty and clarity over how the Pebble Partnership intends to proceed. I understand the complexity of a project like this, and I appreciate the investments that have been made in Alaska already. But a reliable timeline has been missing, and I hope that the companies will provide one soon.

Hope Appreciate Partnership Clarity

The lines have definitely blurred between country and pop music.

Music Country Blurred Lines Pop

Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings, and you come out and fight.

Fight You Fighter Why Bell Out

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