Edmund Morgan Quotes

The colonial period has been the proving ground in America for the new social history, which concentrates on the ordinary doings of ordinary people rather than on high culture and high politics. Unfortunately ordinary people, almost by definition, leave behind only faint traces of their existence.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1916 - July 8, 2013

Topics

HistoryCulturePoliticsPeopleNew

I'm an extraordinarily anxious person. I'm a typical actor: narcissistic and paranoid and all them things.

Joe Gilgun

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Every choice leads you somewhere, but it might not be where you truly want to be if the decision is based on someone else. It could lead to regrets and what-ifs, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't still have valuable experiences.

Jenny Han

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Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.

Robert Musil

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What I look for in theater, I really like new work, and I really like the concept of age not necessarily being a defining aspect of who you are or how you act.

Maura Tierney

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Many artists give up after a while.

Angie Stone

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It is upon the length and breadth and span of a body sustained in muscular action that dance invokes its image.

Merce Cunningham

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I watch Letterman. Once in a while, on the odd night, I'll catch the Food Network and watch 'Ace of Cakes,' which I'm kind of obsessed with.

Amanda Righetti

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Due to the sweeping time frame and the voices moving back and forth, the outline for 'The Invention of Wings' was the strangest one I've ever done. I created six large, separate outlines, one for each part of the book, and hung them around my study.

Sue Monk Kidd

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In times of trial, for inspiration, people want to look to real people rather than to fiction.

Simon Beaufoy

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For a long time, I was shy about recording gospel music, because I didn't necessarily want to show the inside of my soul, Milsap revealed. But now, the spiritual side of me is really shining through.

Ronnie Milsap

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Our goal is to build laboratories that will have the mission of a cGMP product at a reduced cost.

Liz Parrish

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I don't think you can know too many smart people. I don't think you should ever stop meeting people.

Christie Hefner

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