H. W. Brands Quotes

I had long known the story of Aaron Burr, but when I heard about his remarkable daughter, Theodosia, about the relationship between the two and about her tragic disappearance, I knew I wanted to tell their story.

H. W. Brands

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Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good at forgetting. Our ignorance of history is matched only by our unfailing optimism; it's actually part of our optimism.

Jill Lepore

GoodHistoryIgnoranceOptimismRich

I often wonder if my being a fairly small Asian woman with a high-pitched quietish voice plays a role in how often men feel entitled to come up to me and tell me, 'You have this doll act,' or whatever.

Jenny Zhang

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Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.

Andy Kaufman

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Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour.

Michael Cimino

PeopleMeSeeSourceBecauseAround

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors.

John Sergeant Wise

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Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

Amy Grant

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To me, Hank Williams is the first rock-and-roll star.

Rodney Crowell

MeFirstStarHank WilliamsWilliams

The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them.

Mary Steenburgen

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When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years.

Josef Albers

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Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?

Christina Aguilera

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With my skin, I have to avoid direct contact with the sun, so that, combined with my mom being conservative, meant I grew up wearing stockings under shorts and long sleeves under tank tops. It was kind of embedded in me that I was supposed to be covering up.

Winnie Harlow

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Nothing is nearer to us than heaven. The earth is beneath our feet, and we tread upon it, but heaven is within us.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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